Gaieties and Gravities; A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected
Book Description
First edition. Three volumes. Half calf, spine with five raised bands with contrasting labels, gilt titles and gilt decorative panels over marbled boards. 8vo.,Vol. 1 viii, 353pp., Vol. II 336 [2]pp., Vol.III iv, 346pp. Corners bumped, edges rubbed, boards a little worn, Light foxing to prelims, wear to top and tail of spine in Vol. 1.; previous owners signatures Robert Clarke …1870 on flyleaves of all three volumes, final endpaper torn from Vol. 3 with no loss, but still an attractive set with bright decorative spines.
Dealer Notes
Full title reads: Gaieties and Gravities; A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected. By one of the Authors of Rejected Addresses. In Three Volumes. Topics cover a wide range of subjects including Conjugalism or the Art of Making a Good Marriage, The Steam Boat from London to Calais, Women Vindicated, Walks in the Garden, The Cemetery Père La Chaise, at Paris, Pitcairn s Island, A Sprig of Spleenwort, On the Choice of a Burial Place and many other fascinating subjects.
Author
[Smith, Horace]
Date
1825
Binding
Half calf
Publisher
London: Henry Colburn
Illustrator
None
Condition
Good
Pages
viii, 353pp., 336 [2]pp., iv, 346pp.
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