The Library of Useless Knowledge

by Athansius Gasker, pen name of Edward William Clarke

$2,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: William Pickering, 1837. First edition. iv , 52pp. Finely bound by Riviere in half red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, ruled in gilt, spine decorated in gilt, t.e.g., front wrap bound-in. Very Good overall, rubbed, with tidemark near foot continuing throughout bottom margins, slight warp to boards at foot, hinge starting at various places along bottom edge, foxing to front wrap. Rear wrap not included. A

• Binding: Leather

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