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    By Edwin Paxton Hood
    London   Hodder and Stoughton
    8" by 6" xx, 700pp
    A leather bound collection of anecdotes from across the globe written by non-conformist, Edwin Paxton Hood.
    By Edwin Paxton Hood

    1870 The World of Anecdote: an Accumulation of Facts, Incidents, and Illustrations, Historical and Biographical, from Books and Times Recent and Remote

    London   Hodder and Stoughton
    8" by 6" xx, 700pp
    A leather bound collection of anecdotes from across the globe written by non-conformist, Edwin Paxton Hood.
    £50.00
    : 1kgs / : 764R60
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    Description

    This work details all manner of events, characters, occurrences and customs from across the world.

    Written by Edwin Paxton Hood (1820-1885), an English author. His other works include 'The Age and its Architects', 'The Uses of Biography', 'Vignettes of the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century' and 'Self-Education: Twelve Chapters for Young Thinkers'. He also wrote biographies of John Milton, William Wordsworth, Christmas Evans and Oliver Cromwell. He was a non-conformist.

    Uncommon in such a condition.

    Condition

    In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart, with a little rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities resulting in slight loss to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Very Good Indeed

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