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Geoffrey Gambado; Or, A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours
by A Humorist Physician (Richard Cobbold)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
Self published, London, undated. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A HUMORIST PHYSICIAN (Richard Cobbold). Geoffrey Gambado; Or, A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours: London: self-published, undated (mid- 1800s). Thin octavo, pp. 115, red morocco boards, tipped in illustrations by the caricaturist Henry Bunbury, hand colored (most just splashed with pink wash), former owner's name on free front endpaper, dated 1890. Scarce; Worldcat locates only 6 copies, and suggests a publication date of 1865. Cobbold built humorous stories around the illustrations; Bunbury was long dead by the time this was published. Condition of this book: Spine amateurishly repaired with tape. Covers have a few stains, inside clean. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Front board is detached. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; England; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54678. .
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- 54678
- Title
- Geoffrey Gambado; Or, A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours
- Author
- A Humorist Physician (Richard Cobbold)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Self published
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- undated
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Humour; England; 19th century; Art & Design. A Humorist Physician (Richard Cobbold) Geoffrey Gambado; Or, A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours
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Warwick, New York
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Worldcat
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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