The World's Show 1851, or the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to Enjoy Themselves, and to See the Great Exhibition (Classic Reprint)
The World's Show 1851, or the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to Enjoy Themselves, and to See the Great Exhibition (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The World's Show 1851, or the Adventures of Mr. And Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to "Enjoy Themselves," And to See the Great Exhibition Bradshaw's Railway Guide had swelled into an encyclopaedia, and Masters and Bachelors of Arts who had taken distinguished degrees, were daily advertising, to perfect persons in the understanding of the Time Tables, in six easy lessons for one guinea. Omnibus conductors were undergoing a Polyglott course on the Hamiltonian system, to enable them to abuse all ...
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Excerpt from The World's Show 1851, or the Adventures of Mr. And Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to "Enjoy Themselves," And to See the Great Exhibition Bradshaw's Railway Guide had swelled into an encyclopaedia, and Masters and Bachelors of Arts who had taken distinguished degrees, were daily advertising, to perfect persons in the understanding of the Time Tables, in six easy lessons for one guinea. Omnibus conductors were undergoing a Polyglott course on the Hamiltonian system, to enable them to abuse all foreigners in their native tongues; the atlases were being made extra strong, so that they might be able to bear the whole world on top of them; and the proprietors of the Camberwell and Camden Town 'busses were eagerly watching for the time when English, French, Prussians and Belgians should join their Wellingtons and Bluchers on the heights of W aterloo! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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1851, David Bogue
Hardcover
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Edition:
First edition thus
Publisher:
David Bogue
Published:
1851
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17123173306
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First Edition in book form after the original serialization. No date, but published in 1851. Hardcover, 8vo., bound by Zaehnsdorf in half red morocco with marbled boards and matching endpapers, raised bands, gilt title, aeg. Complete with 9 plates by Cruikshank (8 of which fold-out or are double-page) and the decorative title page. Tight, fresh binding with only trivial signs of handling. Plates, versos and the adjacent pages with some foxing; otherwise clean. A very detailed and humorous offering by Cruikshank, memorializing the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the hayseeds who came to London to gape in wonder.
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