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The Choice Humorous Works Ludicrous Adventures, Bon Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook.

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The Choice Humorous Works Ludicrous Adventures, Bon Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook.

by Hook, Theodore

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  • Hardcover
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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
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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
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Humor;

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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...
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...

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