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London: John Camden Hotten 1869. (Cloth) Very good. Variously paginated. Cover & spine gold stamped..

London,: John Camden Hotten , no date. Hardcover - as published. VG, three quarter leather, five raised bands, marbled end-papers, marbled edges, gilt decoration, 5' X 7", hinges are good binding is tight, circa 1865.

London: John Camden Hotten. Good with no dust jacket. [1869]. Hardcover. 10mm tear to head of front joint. 10mm chip to face of spine cloth. 10mm chips to cloth along corners of boards. Hinges broken. Top 25mm blank margin trimmed from title leaf. ; No date on title page. Preface dated 1865, publisher's advertisements for 1869 at rear. [x], 121, [1]; 96; [2], 198; 96; 96 pages + 24 pages advertisements "Special List for 1869". Maroon cloth boards with gilt on spine and front board. Page dimensins: 183 x 120mm. George Augustus Sala has an anecdote about Artemus Ward (a pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne) and Utah in his 3 page Introduction - "It was on the occasion of a convivial meeting of New York journalists at a place in Houston Street, called 'The House of Lords,' on which occasion. I remember, a mighty bowl of punch was brewed, on the hospitable assumption that it was the beverage most grateful to the British palate. I was well night breathless to hear the… Read More