More Yankee Drolleries. A Second Series of Celebrated Works by the Best American Humorists. Artemus Ward's Travels. Hans Breitmann. Professor at the Breakfast-Table. Biglow Papers, Part II. John Billings

Published by John Camden Hotten [1869], London, 1869

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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 strange revelations which A. W. must have to make about the Mormon Territories. Mr. Browne is not averse from punch, discreetly brewed; and as he tasted his first jorum, he remarked that he had had a 'very good time in Utah,' and that 'there was a good deal of this sort of thing,' meaning the punch - an observation which I scarcely found compatible with the statement that no spirituous liquors are allowed to be sold in the City of the Saints. But I daresay there is a 'good deal of this sort of thing' everywhere [. . .]".…

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Title
More Yankee Drolleries. A Second Series of Celebrated Works by the Best American Humorists. Artemus Ward's Travels. Hans Breitmann. Professor at the Breakfast-Table. Biglow Papers, Part II. John Billings
Author
Sala, George Augustus (Intoduction)
Publisher
John Camden Hotten [1869], London
Publication year
1869
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
No Dust Jacket
Binding
Hardcover

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