Author: LEMON, MARK (ED)
Title: The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
Description: London: Macmillan and Co, 1879. Early Printing. Leather. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on two burgundy labels in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, t.e.g, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with tissue-protected engraving on title page. Armorial bookplate on fep, otherwise unmarked; gilt on labels faded, exterior of hinges rubbed but firm, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. Engraving. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 361, (1) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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