London: Hurst and Blackett. Fair with no dust jacket. First Thus. Hardcover. No date (c. 1880) . Green cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. (2) , vi, 350 pages + 12, (4) pages advertisements + frontis. Spine title: "Sam Slick's Old Judge". Some foxing. Frontis stained. Cloth covers very rubbed and worn. 1.5" tear to spine cloth at tail of spine. 1/2" missing at head of spine. 1" fraying to cloth at corners of boards. Front hinge cracked internally. Top page edges dust stained. No signatures. Contents: "The Old Judge; How many Fins has a Cod? Or, Forty Years Ago; Asking a Governor to Dine; The Tombstones; A Ball at Government House; The Old Admiral and the Old General; The First Settlers [...]". ; 12mo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001444
Title: The Old Judge; Or, Life in a Colony
Author: [Haliburton, Thomas Chandler]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Hurst and Blackett
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Thomas Chandler Haliburton Humourous Satirical Fic, Forty Years Ago; Asking A Governor To Dine; The To

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