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Gradus ad Cantabrigiam or New University Guide to the Academical Customs and Colloquial Cant Terms Peculiar to the University of Cambridge etc
by A Brace of Cantabs
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Doncaster, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Hearne, London, 1824. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full Title: Gradus ad Cantabrigiam or New University Guide to the Academical Customs and Colloquial Cant Terms Peculiar to the University of Cambridge observing Wherein it Differs from Oxford. Embellished with six coloured engravings of the Costume etc, a striking likeness of thar Celebrated character Jemmy Gordon, and Illustrated with a Variety of Curious and Entertainig Anecdotes. To Which is affixed, A Tail-Piece or, the Reading and Varmint Method of Proceeding to the Degree of A.B. Plain brown boards with neat replacement grey spine and cream spine-label. Bumped corners. Missing the "Tail-Piece". Bookplate with crest on inside front cover (motto - Pour Bien Desirer), binding sound, pages a little darkened but clean. Contains all six called-for coloured plates (including scarce "Quite Unexpected" plate at page 86) which are all clean and bright, plus uncoloured plate of Jemmy Gordon. [v], 120,. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50615101148. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..
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- Bookseller
- Bailgate Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50615101148
- Title
- Gradus ad Cantabrigiam or New University Guide to the Academical Customs and Colloquial Cant Terms Peculiar to the University of Cambridge etc
- Author
- A Brace of Cantabs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Hearne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- BZDB4 Cambridge, Education East Anglia, fenlands, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk; British History. A Brace of Cantabs Gradus ad Cantabrigiam or New University Guide to the Academical Customs and Colloquial Cant Terms Peculiar to the University of Cambri
- Bookseller catalogs
- British History; East Anglia, fenlands, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk;
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Bailgate Books Ltd
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Doncaster, Aberdeen
About Bailgate Books Ltd
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