A MANCHESTER BOOK: The SONG Of The CAT; Illustrated with Wood-cuts: A Legend of the Chancery Court, Not Contained in the Records: in Three Fits. With Notes and Annotations collected for the Rolls' Office; Edited by a Master Out of Chancery.
London / Manchester: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., and Kent & Col, Paternoster Row. J. Heywood, 170, Deansgate. (n. d.). 1st edition, ca 1858. xi, [12] - 133, [1 (blank)] pp. Text in verse. Illustrated with a frontis & 5 inserted plates. Cut of a cat at end of text. 12mo. 7-9/16" x 4-13/16". Bound in gilt-stamped red cloth, in a style imitating Dickens' Christmas books from a decade prior. AEG. Yellow eps. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. General wear & soiling. A VG - VG+ copy. Item #51942
A literary commentary on the law of the land, and other social issues, with a printed dedication to Lord Brougham & the members of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science.
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