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The Comic Blackstone. Revised and Extended by Arthur Wm. A'Beckett.; With ten full-page coloured illustrations & others by Harry Furniss by A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott - 1887

by A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

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The Comic Blackstone. Revised and Extended by Arthur Wm. A'Beckett.; With ten full-page coloured illustrations & others by Harry Furniss by A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott - 1887

The Comic Blackstone. Revised and Extended by Arthur Wm. A'Beckett.; With ten full-page coloured illustrations & others by Harry Furniss

by A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

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London: Bradbury, Agnew, 1887. New and revised edition (first published in 1844), but the first edition with the Furniss illustrations. 8vo. xxviii, 324 pp. In-text illustrations from wood engravings, color plates. Originally issued in parts, 1844-1846, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, a number of editions of this parody on the law appeared through the 19th century. CBEL III, p. 599. Owner's inscription, front hinge weak, a little foxing, else very good. Somewhat later red half-morocco (rubbed) and cloth, gilt rules and title on spine, marbled endpapers and edges, by "Charles Winstanley, Manchester". (#6376).

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  • Publisher Bradbury, Agnew
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1887

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The Comic Blackstone, Revised and Extended

by A'BECKETT Gilbert Abbott, Revised By Arthur William A'Beckett

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London: Bradbury, Agnew &co, 1887 blue cloth decorated in gilt and black, same to spine, slight rol to spine, light handling wear, name in blue pencil to half title, xxviii+ 324pp, col. frontis, 9 other satirical col. plates by Harry Furniss. A study of British Law from a humorous perspecttive. New and Revised. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry Furniss. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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