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PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY: The Four Series Complete (with tipped in 3 page 1878 ALs)
by Tupper, Martin F. 07c
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- FAIR book. Green cloth. VG text BUT: crudely repaired hinges.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London, Paris, NY: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. FAIR book. Green cloth. VG text BUT: crudely repaired hinges.. (1878). REPRINT.. Hardcover. FAIR book. Undated, but intro references 1878 & the tipped in 3 page ALs dated 1878. Gilt & black stamped cover. 10"x8",408pp. . Note is to "Worthy friends, [of] Western Villa, North Park, Croydon". It's a chatty, personal note, He refers to Leigh Hunt's monograph "The Old Court Suburb", stating that is where his "worthy friends" live. He asks for the friend's views on spiritualism. He then refers to the work of "Maskelyne & Cooke". M&C were famous magicians who debunked many medium's, and similar types, claims of contacting the spirit world by duplicating their stunts. 70 years later Houdini used the same techniques to achieve the same ends. He seems to express doubt but maintains an open mind. He expresses an interest in seeing a "good seance" attended by "picked & unprofessional" people. The 11th EB calls this book his most read work, and says: "... full of perfectly genuine moral annd religious feeling, and contains many apt and striking expressions. By these qualities it appealed to a large and uncritical (a bit of a dig?) section of the public." Note is crisp and in an easily read hand. Wikipedia has more on Tupper, Hunt and M&C. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003873
- Title
- PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY: The Four Series Complete (with tipped in 3 page 1878 ALs)
- Author
- Tupper, Martin F. 07c
- Illustrator
- Numerous in text woodcuts.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR book. Green cloth. VG text BUT: crudely repaired hinges.
- Edition
- REPRINT.
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter & Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, NY
- Date Published
- (1878)
- Keywords
- FAIR book. Undated, but intro references 1878 & the tipped in 3 page, ALs dated 1878. Gilt & black stamped cover. 10"x8",408pp., signed, autograph, ALs, presentation, spiritalism, Leigh Hunt, seances, Maskelyne & cooke, Houdini
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- A.N.
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- Fair
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- Tipped In
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- VG
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