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Lot 232:
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The Clockmaker: Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Published by Hurd and Houghton, New York 1872. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. F.O.C. Darley (illustrator). Reprint Edition. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. Popular in England and America, the politician T.C. Haliburton (1796-1865) became Canada’s first international best-selling author with his comic character Sam Slick, who first appeared in a newspaper in 1835. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a reprint edition, part of the "Riverside Classics." Green decorative cloth binding, with gilt titling on both front cover and spine. Clean text; xi, 271 pages, with sixteen pages of publisher’s adverts in the rear. Mildly bumped, with rubbing to spine margins. The gilt remains bright and clear. Reprint Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good 6 5/8" by 5"
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