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Description
Item Specifics -
Antiquarian/Collectible Books
Binding:
Hardcover
Special Attributes:
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Category:
Humor
Printing Year:
1840
Sub-Category:
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Tom Brown's Jest Book:
or, Companion to the Cloister, The Ne Plus
Ultra of Every Thing Funny. Containing All
His Comical and Humorous Stories, Curious
Riddles,
Also, without any curtailment, the whole of
his unique collection of Amorous Tales and
Songs, Smutty Conundrums, Queer Jokes,
Witty Sayings, &c., &c., &c.,
London: Edward
Duncombe, Middle Row, Holborn [c. 1840]
&
108 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. (6 inches). Yellow
paper over boards, printed in black. Front cover
is identical to title page, each with vignette
of a couple undressing.
Edward Duncombe and John Duncombe were
publishers in London of of music and
theater-related pieces, as well as the
occasional piece of light pornography from about
1825 to about 1853. The Middle Row, Holborn,
address was used from about 1835 to about 1848.
In Very Good+ Condition:
cover slightly soiled; very small section of
paper lacking at head of spine; edges lightly
rubbed; light foxing throughout; a few marginal
inks marks; lower corner of pp. 9-12 creased.
Pages are otherwise clean and tight.
FA very scarce
mid-19th-century bawdy humor book.
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