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400 pages with 50 wood engraved plates by Orrin Smith after Kenny Meadows + an engraved frontis and half title and woodcut illustrations to the preface, in the original green blind stamped cloth with gilt decorated spine, boards a little faded at edges and spine, contents very good except where the top edges have been opened when attached from the printers (as partly unopened) and some closed splits have occurred to several pages and some longish tears on one page, no loss of text. Small octavo no date c1846-50. *The essays on various characters and professions with their PORTRAITS. Inc; the Hangman, The Printers Devil, The Pew Opener, The Street Conjurer, The Beadle, The Undertaker, The Auctioneer (this article by Douglas Jerrold), Captain Rook and Mr Pigeon (by W. M.Thackaray), The Common Informer, The Teetotaler, The Diner Out, The Fashionable Physician, The Postman, The Cockney, The Retired Tradesman, The Theatrical Manager, etc, etc. *A good book for writers and historians who wish to get a brief, humorous and full explanation of 19th century English types & their employments. Seller Inventory # 9900
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