MONSIEUR NONGTONGPAW; with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank
by [SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft]
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Alfred Miller, 1830. First Illustrated Edition. Robert Cruikshank. 12mo, pp. 19. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates, with contemporary hand coloring. Bound in later 3/4 morocco and marble boards by Root and son (front cover very loose) a very clean copy. Sometimes described as her first published work this was first issued at her father and step-mother's M. J. Godwin's press in 1808 as Mounseer Nongtongpaw: a new version. A satirical poem about an Englishman in France and the linguistic misunderstandings that ensued.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36306
- Title
- MONSIEUR NONGTONGPAW; with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank
- Author
- [SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft]
- Illustrator
- Robert Cruikshank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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- Morocco
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