BRACEBRIDGE HALL: Or, The Humorists. A Medley By Geoffrey Crayon. In Two Volumes. A New Edition.
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Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1835 Two Volumes: 261 p.; 259 p. Lightly foxed. 12mo. 190 mm. Original green cloth bindings, worn. Original paper spine labels. Bindings cocked; cracked at joints. Hardbound. Poor. This popular work was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel is a location-based series of character sketches with multiple plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited). Wright I. 1386; BAL 10289. S&S/AI 32321. In both volumes the title pages have the date as 1835. Most examples are recorded as 1836. PAIMP 10. Hardcover.
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- BRACEBRIDGE HALL: Or, The Humorists. A Medley By Geoffrey Crayon. In Two Volumes. A New Edition.
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- (Irving, Washington) [1783-1859]
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- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE STORIES ENGLAND CULTURE HUMOR VICTORIAN WASHINGTON IRVING BRACEBRIDGE HALL PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1835
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- 12mo
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Spine
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- BAL
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...