The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox The Ventriloquist
by Cockton, Henry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1874. Hardcover. fine. Thick octavo in green cloth ornately decorated and lettered in gilt and black with a scene from the book. No date ( later printing circa 1874; first was 1840). Patternd endpapers. 511 pp. Frontispiece engraving "How's Your Mother?". and five additional plates in te text. A tight, bright example, trace of rubbing to the lower center of the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E13691
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox The Ventriloquist
- Author
- Cockton, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- humor, ventriloquist,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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