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The English Humourists Of The Eighteenth Century
by Thackeray W.M.:
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About This Item
1st Edition, Smith Elder, London, 1853 "A Series of Lectures, delivered in England, Scotland and the United States of America"; Studies of Swift, Congreve, Addison, Steele, Prior, Gay, Pope, Hogarth, Smollett, Fielding, Sterne and Goldsmith; Ownership signature and minor pencil annotations to margins of Richard Durning Holt (1868-1941), Liberal politician and MP for Hexham, prominent Unitarian and Liverpool businessman; Leather-Bound Hardback: half brown calf elaborately decorated in gilt on marbled boards, spine panelled with raised bands, red leather lettering-piece, marbled edges and end-papers; Some rubbing to leather, bruise to top edges of boards, a nicely bound copy of the first edition.
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- Title
- The English Humourists Of The Eighteenth Century
- Author
- Thackeray W.M.:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- 1st Edition, Smith Elder, London, 1853
- Keywords
- NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERARY CRITICISM ENGLISH HUMOURISTS POPE SWIFT STERNE
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- Gilt
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