The Comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott a Beckett ; with Illustrations by George Cruikshank
by A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) , Illus
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About This Item
London : Bradbury And Evans, 1856. The True 1st Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, calf-backec buckram. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 252 pages; Physical desc. : xii, 252 p : ill. ; 18 cm. This edition is without the frontis added to the later re-issue. Subject: Law - Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Referenced by: OCLC 12126179. Bound with Douglas Jerrold's Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures from the same year
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- Title
- The Comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott a Beckett ; with Illustrations by George Cruikshank
- Author
- A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) , Illus
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- The True 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Bradbury And Evans
- Date Published
- 1856
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