Taffy Was A Welshman
by Crosland, T. W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original green cloth-backed boards, gilt ruling & titling on cover and spine; some bumping; text
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ewart, Seymour & Co, Ltd, 1912. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original green cloth-backed boards, gilt ruling & titling on cover and spine; some bumping; text block firm, pages uncut and untrimmed, internally unmarked and crisp, but some foxing in endpapers; and plate on front pastedown.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A satirical work of poet and journalist T. W. H. Crosland (1865-1924); this time he turns his scorn on the Welsh (having already done so about the Scots, Irish, English and Japanese).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC130463
- Title
- Taffy Was A Welshman
- Author
- Crosland, T. W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original green cloth-backed boards, gilt ruling & titling on cover and spine; some bumping; text
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ewart, Seymour & Co, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 180
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, Wales, Crosland, satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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