The Wassail-Bowl: A Comic Christmas Sketch-Book. New edition -- two volumes in one.
by Smith, Albert; illustrated by John Leech
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1844. New Edition. Hardback. Shiny blk boards; gilt decoration; binding intact. Spine a little cracked. Foredges gilt. Front endpaper missing. B/w illustrations by John Leech. ; 8vo (5" x 7 1/2"); 249 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35316
- Title
- The Wassail-Bowl: A Comic Christmas Sketch-Book. New edition -- two volumes in one.
- Author
- Smith, Albert; illustrated by John Leech
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- literature, humour, punch, london charivari
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Walden Books
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About the Seller
Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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