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    By Thomas Chandler Haliburton
    London   Hurst and Blackett
    8" by 5.5" vi, 342; 315 [1], 24pp.
    A smart two volume first edition set of this notable work on nineteenth century satire.
    By Thomas Chandler Haliburton

    1853 Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances or What he Said, Did, or Invented

    London   Hurst and Blackett
    8" by 5.5" vi, 342; 315 [1], 24pp.
    A smart two volume first edition set of this notable work on nineteenth century satire.
    £335.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 983K18
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    Description

    First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition of the work.

    With twenty four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. 

    In the publisher's original cloth. 

    With the bookplate of William Boutcher to front paste down of both volumes. 

    Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. He created the character Sam Slick for a column in the Novascotian, whose satirical sketches are related in this two volume set.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally in excellent condition with slight bumping to the extremities. Slightly cocked. Bookplate to front paste down of both volumes. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with small tidemark to lower extremity of leaves of volume two. The odd spot.

    Very Good Indeed

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