The Library of Wit and Humor Prose and Poetry [Vol. II]
Language: English
Published by Gebble & Co Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1884
- Hardcover
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Seller: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.Burm Booksellers
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Hardcover. First Edition [presumed]. Navy cloth boards with gold gilt upper and spine text- illustrated/decorative blind stamped upper & back and spine. Frayed at spine head. Rubbed at board edges. Shaken- gutters visible. Pages toned/sunned/spotted with age. Corner bumped/rubbed. Illustrated with fifty choice etchings engraved expressly for this work [stated]. Authors: Francis Cowley Burnand, William Carleton, Joseph Addison, R. E. Raspe, Washington Irving, Robert Smith Surtees, Oliver goldsmith, John Poole, Oliver Wendells Holmes, Mark Twain and many, many other. Complete list and contents available upon request. Dual column text format. Gilt page edges [faded/rubbed]. Ex-Libros plate obverse upper board [clean/blank]. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Vol. II. POETRY.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Library of Wit and Humor Prose and Poetry [Vol. II]
- Author
- A. R. Spofford and Rufus E. Shapley, editors
- Publisher
- Gebble & Co Publishers, Philadelphia, PA
- Publication year
- 1884
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Seller catalogs
- Poetry
Burm Booksellers
Beckley, WV, U.S.A.
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