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Clockmaker: Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville
by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler [Sam Slick]
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ny: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 271 pages. Originally published as letters in a Nova Scotian newspaper, these thirty-three essay were first collected into book form in 1837. This 6.5" tall edition is in green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration. Drawings by F.O.C. Darley. First printing from this publisher. At the end is a 16-page listing of the publisher's books. VG/No Jacket. Very firm sewn binding, owner names. Corners rubbed and bent, but still square. Spine ends softened. Item #: E4643. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.
Synopsis
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1796. He studied at King’s College and was called to the bar in 1820. He practised law in Annapolis Royal and represented that constituency in the provincial assembly from 1826 to 1829. Named a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in 1829, he was elevated twelve years later to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Haliburton began his writing career as a historian. In the 1830s he turned to humorous and satirical fiction to express his Tory opinions on political and social questions. In 1835 he contributed to Joseph Howe’s journal The Novascotian a series of satirical sketches entitled “Recollections of Nova Scotia.” Their popularity led him to expand them into The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville (1836). He published a second series of sketches in 1838 and a third in 1840. In 1856 Haliburton retired and moved to England, where he represented Launceston in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865. Thomas Chandler Haliburton died in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, in 1865. From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E4643
- Title
- Clockmaker: Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville
- Author
- Haliburton, Thomas Chandler [Sam Slick]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton
- Place of Publication
- ny
- Date Published
- 1872
- Pages
- 271
- Keywords
- Classics Literature Politics Humor
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