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Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis; exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life
by [EGAN, Pierce]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Printed for Jones and Co, 1823. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later Issue. Two volumes. Octavos. x, 3-656; [2], x, 3-668pp. Illustrated with 34 hand-colored aquatint plates: including the frontispiece and facing engraved title leaf, and two extra plates (one in each volume), not listed in the Contents. Bound in modern red half morocco and marbled paper over boards, two gilt stamped red leather titling labels on spine, modern laid paper endleaves, all edges gilt. From the library of American businessman Rodman Wanamaker, with his armorial bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Intermittent light toning and some light foxing, about near fine in a handsome period style binding. *Tooley* 199.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 540233
- Title
- Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis; exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life
- Author
- [EGAN, Pierce]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for Jones and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Keywords
- Art/Illustration, EnglishLiterature, Humor
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Morocco
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- Marbled Paper
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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