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Joe Miller's Jests. Or, the Wits Vade-Mecum.; Being a Collection of the most Brilliant Jests; the Politest Repartees; the most Elegant Bons Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language
por MILLER, Joe
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- Perto de Excelente
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- Perto de Excelente
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New York, New York, United States
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Sobre este item
London: T. Read, 1739. hardcover. near fine. First carefully collected in the Company, and many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq. [2], 70pp. Thin 12mo, bound by Riviere in 19th century straight-grained olive green morocco, a.e.g. (lightly edgeworn but sound; light foxing and toning throughout; several bookplates on endpapers and one description mounted to flyleaf); housed in an attractive cloth-backed marbled board slipcase with leather spine label. London: Printed and Sold by T. Read, 1739. Genuine first edition with "Price One Shilling" at bottom of title. Scarce. Near fine.<br/> <br/> Extremely scarce. First edition of the most famous collection of anecdotes and humor. Compiled by Elijah Jenkins (pseudonym of John Mottley] partially from several other jestbooks. Mottley named the book in honor of Josias Miller, the famous comic actor who had died the previous year. --DNB; ESTC T124768.<br/> <br/>
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- Livreiro
- Argosy Book Store
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 227332
- Título
- Joe Miller's Jests. Or, the Wits Vade-Mecum.; Being a Collection of the most Brilliant Jests; the Politest Repartees; the most Elegant Bons Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language
- Autor
- MILLER, Joe
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- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- T. Read
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1739
- Palavras-chave
- Jenkins,Elijah;Motley,John
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