The Comic Almanack; An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A Beckett, The Brothers Mayhew
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus. Hardcover. good. TWO VOLUME SET. Octavo. (7 1/2" x 5") First Series, 1835-1843. Volume 2: Second Series, 1844-1853. Bound in 3/4 blue leather over blue cloth. Five raised bands. Leather title labels.(Some chipping) Marple endpapers. Bound by Colley of London. Hundreds of illustrations by George Cruikshank. Wear to edges of spine and corners of both volumes. Sunning to spines.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55748
- Title
- The Comic Almanack; An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
- Author
- Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A Beckett, The Brothers Mayhew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...