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The Theory and Practice of Elocution, 2 vols. bd. as one

The Theory and Practice of Elocution, 2 vols. bd. as one by Smart, B H

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
The Theory and Practice of Elocution, 2 vols. bd. as one
Author
Smart, B H
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; some spine abrasion.
Description
London: Printed for the Author., 1820. First Edition; Second Issue.. Original blue paper boards with paper label. Very good; some spine abrasion.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 149, [1] - 159, [1 - advertisement] + engraved frontispiece This appears to be a remainder issue of two works issued by the author in 1819 and 1820. Under directions to the binder the title and prelims. of vol. 2 were to be cancelled (the case in this copy) when bound up together. Smart was a prolific author in the field of language and philosophy. He describes himself as a public reader of Shakespeare who is offering a new principle that guides every speaker. The second volume is devoted to the examples of how his new theory operates in the theatre. DNB XVIII, 385.
Exposition: Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union by Senor Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo, Deputy for Alta California Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund

Exposition: Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union by Senor Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo, Deputy for Alta California Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund by Carrillo, Don Carlos Antonio. Translated and Edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley [John Henry Nash]

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Exposition: Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union by Senor Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo, Deputy for Alta California Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund
Author
Carrillo, Don Carlos Antonio. Translated and Edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley [John Henry Nash]
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1935. First Edition, 1/650. [ii]-xx+[1]-20pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 teal cloth over teal boards with a paper label on the backstrip. In blank teal dust jacket. Near fine/Near fine. Decorative header art by William F. Rauschnabel. This work was printed in a limitation of 650 unnumbered copies. John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was a renowned fine printer who spent the majority of his career in the San Francisco area, founding the Twentieth Century Press with Bruce Brough, which was renamed Tomoye Press when Paul Elder was made a partner. Later Nash founded his own eponymous printing venture, this is where he cemented legacy as one of the great American printers. Later in his life he would teach printing and typography at the University of Oregon.

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