Select Proverbs of all Nations: illustrated with Notes and Comments. To Which is Added, a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays, and Customs: With an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church
by Feilding, Thomas Psued (Wade, John) 1788 - 1875
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Not Issued
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824. The very scarce book of proverbs. John Wade was the British political reformer who published the notorious and influential Black Book (1819), a litany of British political and industrial abuses. CONDITION Contemporary professional rebound in Black cloth with Gilt spine title, with new antiqued eps, pp xxiv pp 215, tight with bright text block, with expected light dustspotting due to age, not inscribed.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11228
- Title
- Select Proverbs of all Nations: illustrated with Notes and Comments. To Which is Added, a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays, and Customs: With an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church
- Author
- Feilding, Thomas Psued (Wade, John) 1788 - 1875
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- The Extraordinary Black Book Trade Unions Political Reform
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Rare;
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