THE COMIC BLACKSTONE
by A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) , Illus
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1856. 252pp. Illustrated title-page. Original full calf binding, gilt with double ruled borders. All edges marbled. Marbled end-papers and tailpiece vignette. A lovely tight and clean copy of the true first edition with no inscriptions. Spine a trifle sunned but no wear or cracks to either the joints or hinges. Originally pub. in Punch this is the 1st edition, 1st issue of the Bradbury and Evans book. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. 1st Edition. Hard Back. Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Pa143
- Title
- THE COMIC BLACKSTONE
- Author
- A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) , Illus
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 8vo
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- Literature;
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
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