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Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall through the Metropolis; Exhibition a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life in two volumes
by An Amateur; [Pierce Egan]; [Henry Thomas Alken]; [William Heath]
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Jones & Co. 3, Warwick Square, 1822. First edition, third issue. Full Leather. Very Good. Two volume set. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 656pp, 668pp. Bound in full red leather, rebacked, preserving much of the original spines. 5 raised bands to spine. Marble endpapers and foredges. Illustrated with 34 hand colored aquatint plates; only 32 are mentioned on the "binder direction" pages. "Catching a Charley Napping" and "St. Georges Day. Presentation at the Levee" being the additional plates present in volume 2 and "sometimes" included in printings of this work. Imitation of Pierce Egan's "Life in London". Bit of scuffing to edges of leather.
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- Midway Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70229
- Title
- Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall through the Metropolis; Exhibition a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life in two volumes
- Author
- An Amateur; [Pierce Egan]; [Henry Thomas Alken]; [William Heath]
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, third issue
- Publisher
- Jones & Co. 3, Warwick Square
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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