About this title: The Life And Adventures Of Valentine Vox, The Ventriloquist PREFACE. THE power of an accompIished Ventriloquist is well known to be unlimited. There is no scene in life in which that power is incapable of being developed it gives its possessor a command over the actions, the feelings, the passions of men, while its efficiancy in loading with ...
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Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Nicholson, London
Date Published: n. d
Description: VG hardback in green cloth with black & gilt. Probably c.1880; end papers browned; spine bumped with some wear to cloth; board corners worn. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Lea, London
Date Published: nd
Description: No edition stated. 8vo, xviii, 620pp. b&w plates. Plain green cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Head and foot of spine chipped, corners of boards worn, inscription to the front free endpaper, some spotting anf thumbing of the preliminary pages. Overall a good minus copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Description: Onwhyn. Very Good. Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Slight edge wear. No publication date available. Estimated to be late 1800's early 1900's. read more
Edition: No Edition Indicated
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, London
Description: Onwhyn. Good. No Jacket. 8vo. Illustrated. Green decorative boards, with front hinge loose with splitting up internal front hinge. Free fep loose. 691pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robert Tyas
Date Published: 1934
Description: Good + No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xx + 620pp. Engr frontis and title page. Engrs Lacks one plate. Heavily foxed. Half bound in brown leather with gilt title on black label. Corners scuffed with loss. Back hinge weak. Green marbled paper covered boards. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781443712071ISBN:1443712078
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.00 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (540 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Description: T Onwhyn. Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Undated copy of the novel which marked one of the earliest appearances of ventriloquism in literature, but also contains a foreword by the author fulminating against iniquities of the system of private lunatic asylums-this is also illustrated in the plot of the novel. Undated copy probably mid-Victorian. Bound in purple cloth with black leather spine and corners, with an area of surface loss to the leather at the top of the front cover. Prelims are very ... read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.5 by 5 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00416 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780548088524ISBN:0548088527
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00540 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Edition: 8vo. Ca 1870s. viii, 691 pp. 4 pp publisher advert @ rear.
Binding: Original terra-cotta cloth stamped in black & gilt. Advert eps.
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons,, London:
Date Published: (n. d.).
Description: A bright copy exhibiting just a touch of shelfwear. Nr Fine. Frontis, engraved title, & inserted plates by Onwhyn. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London
Description: Very Good. Frontispiece, engraved title page, and inserted plates by Onwhyn. London: George Routledge & Sons, no date (circa 1870). The adventures of a roaming rogue, this Victorian classic is the best known work by English humorist Henry Cockton (1807-53). In a one-quarter burgundy calf over marbled paper binding by J. Gilbert of London, with handsome gilt stamping, green and brown morocco spine labels, five raised bands, and marbled edges and endpapers. Bookplate to the front pastedown. The ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robert Tyas, London
Date Published: 1840
Description: 8vo Full Mor. Spine gilt in compartments; gilt rules and triangular floral decorative pieces on covers; t.e. g; 1st Edn. Illus. xx, 620 pp. Armorial bookplate; Vignette title page and plates heavily foxed. [Fine binding by Andrew Grieve, Edinburgh]. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Walter Scott, no date, c., 1890
Description: Good. no dj, navy/gilt cloth boards, shelf-wear to ends of spine covering. corners bumped. some light tarnish marks to covers. Attractive glt decoration on spine, top edge gilt. some isolated foxing to text. 537pp. read more
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