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The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, A Gentleman, who tho' Deaf and Dumb, writes down any Stranger's Name at first sight
by [BOND, William; or Daniel Defoe]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for E. Curll, 1720. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. xix, [5], 320, [8]pp., eight-page publisher's catalogue at the back. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and three engraved plates (one of which shows images of sign language). In the original calf with blind tooling on both covers, neatly re-backed in 19th century calf with a red spine label and wove endpapers. The boards are darkened and worn at the corners, four text leaves are slightly creased, some intermittent toning, about very good. The author of this popular account of an enterprising deaf-mute has been attributed both to William Bond and Daniel Defoe, and has yet to be resolved in favor of one or the other. A scarce copy of the first edition in the original boards *ESTC* T69700. *OCLC* locates only two copies.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 540914
- Title
- The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, A Gentleman, who tho' Deaf and Dumb, writes down any Stranger's Name at first sight
- Author
- [BOND, William; or Daniel Defoe]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for E. Curll
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1720
- Keywords
- EnglishLiterature, Bindings, PopularCulture, Science
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Octavo
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- Leaves
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- Re-backed
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- Spine Label
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- First Edition
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- Calf
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