Excerpt from The Unfortunate Traveller: Or the Life of Jacke Wilton Lazaro, son of a washerwoman, apprentice to a blind beggar, servant in turn to many masters and starved by them all, spends the earlier part of his life in a miserable con ict with hunger, and the latter in a replete and greasy satisfaction. He reaches the summit of his ambition as a petty government official, growing fat on the corrupt profits of an inspectorship of wine, and we leave him at the close a marl complaisant in the house of an Archpriest in ...
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Excerpt from The Unfortunate Traveller: Or the Life of Jacke Wilton Lazaro, son of a washerwoman, apprentice to a blind beggar, servant in turn to many masters and starved by them all, spends the earlier part of his life in a miserable con ict with hunger, and the latter in a replete and greasy satisfaction. He reaches the summit of his ambition as a petty government official, growing fat on the corrupt profits of an inspectorship of wine, and we leave him at the close a marl complaisant in the house of an Archpriest in Toledo, wedded to one of his master's servant girls, and enjoying to the full his favour, his dinners, and his cast shoes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Fair. 1948. John Lehmann. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE 9x6. 121pp. B/w illustrations. Black title label on spine with gilt lettering, pale blue boards, wear to corners and edges, page edges darkened.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. John Lehmann, 1950 reprint. 8vo. 121pp. Illus by Michael Ayrton. Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good in similar unclipped, m age toned dj with wear and small loss to top front edge. Light foxing to fep's. Binding firm, text & images bright. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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Very good Fair jacket. John Lehmann 1950, second impression. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. chipped and ripped just jacket, price unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. 1960 Capricorn/Putnam hardcover, VG/NO DJ, missing dustjacket, spine has slight cock, black lettering on spine reads fine, no markings found, tanning to edges of textblock & pages.
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Near Fine in Good jacket. Book. 12mo. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. The Percy Reprints No. 1. 1920. First thus. 12mo. Paper-covered boards, 132 pp. rough-cut. Dust jacket chipped around spine. Near fine in good dust jacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.
