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Sir Guy de Guy: A Stirring Romaunt, Showing How a Briton Drilled for his Fatherland; Won a Heiress; Got a Pedigree; and Caught the Rheumatism [signed copy]
by Rattlebrain [George Halse]; Illustrated by Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. Very Good. 1864. First Edition. Hardback. Signed copy. Dk red boards, not especially worn, but rather marked, though gilt titling + decoration on front remain surprisingly bright; gilt foredges bright. Spine very darkened. Binding tight. Bookseller's tick on rear pastedown. B/w illustrations. Inscribed by Halse on front endpaper: "Robert Drummond Esq from the author, George Halse, with his respects". ; small 4to, (6" x 8"); 167 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16772
- Title
- Sir Guy de Guy: A Stirring Romaunt, Showing How a Briton Drilled for his Fatherland; Won a Heiress; Got a Pedigree; and Caught the Rheumatism [signed copy]
- Author
- Rattlebrain [George Halse]; Illustrated by Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- signed, inscribed, autographed, illustrated, dickens, humour, english history
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About the Seller
Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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