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Humphry Clinker
by Smollett, Tobias
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NF
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Modern Library. NF. Reprint. Hardcover. Modern Library #159 bound in green cloth with black blocking on the sp ine. Not a first printing, this copy lists 379 titles on the jacket's verso. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Som e rubbing and dust soiling at the head of the book's spine. The dust j acket has small rubs to its corners. Mild tanning to its spine and rea r panel. The rear panel has a vertical, 1 1/4" long closed tear at its lower edge. Introduction by Arthur Machen. .
Synopsis
The eighteenth-century picaresque masterpiece- now in a new edition A triumph of English satire, Humphry Clinker was published just three months prior to its author's death in 1771. At its heart is Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope who travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister, and manservant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In a narrative peopled with pimps, drunkards, and con men, Bramble's pessimistic views on the world's degeneracy- and his eagerness to express them-betray the author's belief that his countrymen were suffering from an acute lack of sense and sobriety. Boisterous and keenly observant, Humphry Clinker is a delicious send-up of eighteenth-century society.
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- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26639
- Title
- Humphry Clinker
- Author
- Smollett, Tobias
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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