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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE. With Other Records of his Early Career in England and America. Viz: Life and Adventures; Talleyrand: A Spy, The Scarecrow, Farewell to America, Remarks of the Pamphlets, A Court-Martial and A Retrospect.
by WILLIAM COBBETT
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE NONESUCH PRESS, 1927 Brown Cloth quarter binding with non parallel marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spine. 235 x 145 mm approx. 164 pp Colour frontis. No 1800 of the Limited Edition of 1,800 copies. The copy offered has an interesting provenance. There is a book plate of John Lowe to the front paste down and loosely laid in is a printed card with a cartoon in the style of Nicolas Bentley and initialed NB. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. The note on the card appears also to be printed rather than hand written. Good (Book- shelf wear and soiling to cloth and boards, offset browning to free end papers, book plate as above, top edge of book block dust soiled. No other notable defects).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132629
- Title
- LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE. With Other Records of his Early Career in England and America. Viz: Life and Adventures; Talleyrand: A Spy, The Scarecrow, Farewell to America, Remarks of the Pamphlets, A Court-Martial and A Retrospect.
- Author
- WILLIAM COBBETT
- Illustrator
- GILLRAY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- THE NONESUCH PRESS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- William Cobbett, Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine, Nonesuch Press, Limited Edition, Nicolas Bentley, John Lowe,
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- Soiled
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- Spine
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- Offset
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- Shelf Wear
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- Plate
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- Cloth
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
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