Item #23792 Hints To The Bearers Of Walking Sticks And Umbrellas. John Shute Duncan.
Hints To The Bearers Of Walking Sticks And Umbrellas
Hints To The Bearers Of Walking Sticks And Umbrellas

Hints To The Bearers Of Walking Sticks And Umbrellas

London & Edinburgh: J. Murray & Browne & Crombie, 1809. Third edition Corrected and Enlarged. Hardcover. 32 pages. Illustrated by six full page engravings. A satire on the Walking Stick. "a contrivance probably coeval with human infirmity. It is the proper emblem of infirmity; originating, without doubt, from the first fall of man." Clean, fresh copy with the original brown paper, illustrated front cover. Leather backstrip with some loss. Contemporary brown boards, black leather backstrip printed in gilt. Very good. Item #23792

Price: $450.00

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