The Jockey Club: or, A Sketch of the Manners Of The Age. Part The Third.
by Pigott (Charles) [published anonymously]
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About This Item
Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, etc., 1793. . Disbound. Old stitch holes & leather remnants at spine. 8vo. Some foxing, light chipping at edges, very good. This looks to be the first Dublin edition of the Third Part [Parts 1 & 2 were published in London in 1792]. A satirical expose' of British aristocracy; due to its identifiable portraits of some members of élite society, its publisher was fined £100 and imprisoned in Newgate Prison. Many editions exist.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
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- 56904
- Title
- The Jockey Club: or, A Sketch of the Manners Of The Age. Part The Third.
- Author
- Pigott (Charles) [published anonymously]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, etc., 1793.
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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