OUR VILLAGE: SKETCHES OF RURAL CHARACTER AND SCENERY.
by MITFORD, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : G. & W. B. Whittaker / Geo. B. Whittaker / Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1824-1832. First edition. A complete first edition set of the five-volume series of her much-loved and most famous work - sharp, affectionate, precise and amused sketches of village life in Regency England - "Our landlord has a stirring wife, a hopeful son, and a daughter, the belle of the village; not so pretty as the fair nymph of the shoe-shop, and far less elegant, but ten times as fine; all curl-papers in the morning, like a porcupine, all curls in the afternoon, like a poodle, with more flounces than curl-papers, and more lovers than curls". Walks in the Country, A Country Cricket-Match, A Christmas Party, Christmas Amusements, The Mole-Catcher, Children of the Village, The Cribbage Players, and so much more. Five volumes. Crown 8vo (180 x 108mm). viii,292; vii[i],(312); viii,315,[i]; viii,345,[i]; iv,362pp. Bound, without half-titles and advertisement leaves, in a smart twentieth-century half tan calf, banded and gilt, for Sotheran; contrasting red and green labels; top edges gilt; a few minor marks and spots; the very occasional crease; mild offsetting in one volume; one leaf with tiny repair, but overall a very good set. With the nautical bookplate of George G. Stevenson in each volume. Sadleir 1752.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39558
- Title
- OUR VILLAGE: SKETCHES OF RURAL CHARACTER AND SCENERY.
- Author
- MITFORD, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : G. & W. B. Whittaker / Geo. B. Whittaker / Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1824-1832.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Fiction, Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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