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Lot 107
  • 107

[Charles Marsh]

Estimate
100 - 150 GBP
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Description

  • [Charles Marsh]
  • The Clubs of London; with anecdotes of their members, sketches of character, and conversations. Henry Colburn, 1828
  • 8vo, 2 volumes, first edition, contemporary half calf, marbled boards
  • ink, paper

Condition

Some spotting, extremities frayed with some loss, cloth slightly cocked.
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Catalogue Note

"There is not a more pleasing episode in the monotonous tale of fashionable life, than a good club..."

Authorship of this two volume annoymous exploration of the clubs of London is attributed to Charles Marsh.