"Ask mamma;" : or, The richest commoner in England
1858, First Edition. London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #227181
Series; Subscription edition. Physical description; x,412p.,[13] leaves of plates (some col.) : ill.. ; 8vo. Notes; Originally published in 13 parts between March 1857 and April 1858; published in one volume by Bradbury and Evans in April 1858. Preface dated 1858. With a half-title. Subjects; Fox hunting - England - Humor. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century - Humor. Genres; Bookplates - England - 1970-1988. Goatskin half bindings - England - 1858. Hand-coloured steel-engraved frontispieces (illustrations) - England - 1858. Hand-coloured steel-engravings - England - 1858. Marbled papers - England - 1858. Novels - England - 1858. Sprinkled edges - England - 1858. Wood engravings (prints) - England - 1858. Wood-engraved initials (layout features) - England - 1858.
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