The Choice Humorous Works Ludicrous Adventures, Bon Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook.
by Hook, Theodore
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Red half leather with marbled binding. Contains "A new life of the author, portraits by Maclise and D'Orsay, caricatures and facsimiles" and Index. End papers are matching marbled paper and all edges marbled in similar design. FO plate to front pastedown but no other marks. Binding has gilt design to spine with brown headband. There is a half by quarter inch piece missing from spine head with light wear at edges. Light wear to edges especially to leather with boards barely showing at corners. Digital photos available. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 583 pages .
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- Bookseller
- The Book Lady (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2350
- Title
- The Choice Humorous Works Ludicrous Adventures, Bon Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook.
- Author
- Hook, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Plate
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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