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The House of Forgery in Eighteenth-Century Britain
by Baines, Paul
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 184014601X
- ISBN 13
- 9781840146011
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. viii, 195 (1) pp. First Edition, 1999. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "This work offers a balanced interdisciplinary account of literary and criminal forgery as they were practiced, constructed and theorized in the 18th century as a corollary of the new documents of the financial banknotes, bills of exchange and promissory notes. The book surveys the crime and its mythology.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9166
- Title
- The House of Forgery in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Author
- Baines, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 184014601X
- ISBN 13
- 9781840146011
- Publisher
- Ashgate
- Place of Publication
- Brookfield, VT
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- BRITISH 18TH-CENTURY HISTORY ENGLISH LITERATURE LITERARY FORGERIES HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- BRITISH HISTORY; BOOKS & PUBLISHING; TRUE CRIME;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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