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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Ingoldsby Legends, Volume1. Book.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Ingoldsby Legends, Volume 2. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Ingoldsby Legends. Book.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: Good. No Edition Remarks. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. …

Softcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Name of the previous owner written on the front free end paper page. No edition or date stated. Publication of 517 pages. There is gilt on the front cover and around the block of the book. Frontispiece. The flexible boards are a little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. There is light foxing within the body of the book. The text remains legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

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Condizione: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding is loose. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.…

PF. Condizione: New.

Condizione: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Gilt to edges of text block. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.…

Condizione: New. In.

Condizione: New.

PF. Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.