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Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 27 November 1998
Size of binding: 4 in. x 6 1/2 in., xiii, 127 pp. Old polished calf with leather title label on spine chipped away, and a one inch section of the spine leather missing, gilt designs on spine, and gilt borders on covers; front hinge cracked, some page top-edges show nicks. A binding requiring restoration. The scan shows the spine & front cover. Name in ink , and partly inked out on front paste-down: F. Tovey Leach 26 Drummond St. Euston Square London 1845 623; at top of facing endpaper, in blue ink: R. W. Chapman. Oxford Dec. 1901. (Robert William Chapman, 1881-1960); and a more recent book label on the front paste-down. The original edition was in 1812. Seller Inventory # ABE-527151331
Title: Rejected Addresses: or the new Theatrum ...
Publisher: London: Printed for Gale and Fenner, Pater-Noster-Row. 1817. S. Curtis, Printer, Camberwell.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Poor
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
12mo. Full calf, covers ruled in gilt, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Marbled end papers, armorial bookplate ("Alington") and small binder's ticket on the inner front cover. A few scuffs, light wear to spine ends, a very good copy. First published in 1812, a celebrated collection of parodies occasioned by the opening of the new Drury Lane Theatre in 1812, at which a prize was offered for the writing of the best opening address; these are parodies of the addresses entered in this competition. Seller Inventory # 55393
Quantity: 1 available