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Author Name
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Title The Clockmaker: Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Very Good (Plus)
Jacket Condition No Jacket
Edition Reprint Edition
Publisher New York Hurd and Houghton 1872
Illustrator F.O.C. Darley
Seller ID 004249
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. Popular in England and America, the politician T.C. Haliburton (1796-1865) became Canada's first international best-selling author with his comic character Sam Slick, who first appeared in a newspaper in 1835. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a reprint edition, part of the "Riverside Classics." Purple decorative cloth binding, with gilt titling on both front cover and spine. Clean text; xi, 271 pages, with sixteen pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Mildly bumped, with rubbing to spine margins. The spine has faded to tan (typical with the purple cloth bindings of this era) but the gilt remains bright and clear.. Reprint Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by F.O.C. Darley. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Price =
65.00 USD
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