Five Hundred Curious and Interesting Narratives and Anecdotes. Anonymous Publisher: Richard Griffin and Co. Publish Year: 1838 Publish Place: Glasgow. Illustrator: BRUCE FC Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006123 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £60 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed, 1838, 1 plate (with 13 illustrations) 24 other illustrations, 5 parts in 1 volume. In attractive modern full marbled paper, printed paper label to spine. Internally, frontis, titlepage (with woodcut), [2], [3], 4-72. [3], 4-72. [3], 4-60. [3], 4-72. [3], 4-60 pp, 1 pl (folding & depicting 13 illustrations found in the book, with small invisible repair), & 24 illustrations, new endpapers, text block edges marbled, some faint edge browning. (The Domestic Manners of the Americans had been published by Griffin in 1836, before it was included within this title. A second edition came in 1844). 9181*107 mm). (Sabin H97914). Titles include: The Wonderful Book; The Anecdote Book; Sailor's Yarns; Salmagundi by Washington Irving; and The Domestic Manners of the Americans.
