PRINTED 1811!!!! Killing, no Murder: A Farce in Two Acts (The Fifth Edition)

C. Chapple, 1811. 5th. Hardcover. Good. This awesome antiquarian book from 1811 was written by one of the Victorian era's most interesting men, a prankster and jokester named Theodore Hook. He experimented with the insanity of crowds by pulling what were called practical jokes. He got 100s of people interested in non existent events and showed how easily folks could be manipulated. One of his public pranks created the first picture post card!!. That first card made fun of postal workers and he sent it to himself. The prank was on him, as the post office thought this was a good idea and people started selling and mailing post cards. HIs original postcard sold for more than $40,000 recently. This is the fifth printing/edition of a funny farce he wrote. UNCENSORED! The fifth edition contains a lurid scene that was censored in previous editions. The hardboards which are 1/4 leather has worn leather spine area and corners. What's BEAUTIFUL is the hardboards and endpapers which look like wild red agates or jewel rocks. Details:Title: Killing, no Murder: A Farce in Two Acts (The Fifth Edition)Subtitle- As performed with great applause at the Theatre royal Haymarket with the original prefaces and the Scene Supressed by the order of the Lord ChamberlainAuthor- HOOK, Theodore Edward ESQWe sell on every book site out there but offer (INCLUDED IN THE PRICE YOU SEE) a 30 percent discount on Biblio because Biblio offers most sophisticated and best bookselling site, with the fewest errors in listings.