From Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom
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The third printing. Octavo (22 x 14.5cm). 'By means of his ventriloquial gifts, the hero perpetrates enormous practical jests that beget scenes of screaming farce. A lengthy novel of the Pierce Egan and Pickwick variety, it is said to have brought about a revision of the lunacy laws.'- Baker & Packman. pp. xx,3-620. With a frontispiece, engraved title & 58 plates, all by T. Onwhyn. The plates with the usual spotting, the frontis & engraved title considerably more so. Notwithstanding this a fresh copy bound in contemporary half calf, the spine in six panels with twin labels, richly gilt, by W.J. Bull, Bookbinder, Surbiton, with his label, the boards & endapers marbled. Vg. [Toole Stott 784; Baker & Packman 107]. Seller Inventory # 11337
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, ...
Publisher: London: George Routledge, 36, Soho Square
Publication Date: 1844
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