Blackwood's Comic Zadkiel; An Almanac at once Prophetical, Quizzical and Physical, Ombrological and Symbolical, Astronomically Comical, and Comically Astronomical, for the Year 1855: A Work Devoted to All the "Ologies" Except Tautology, and Containing Full Prophecies upon Everything which Nobody Wishes to Know; and Truthfully Foretelling Every Future Event, from the Winner of the Derby to the Next Revolution in the Wheel of Time.
by Friswell, Hain, Editor
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- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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- Bookseller
- G.Gosen Rare Books & Old Paper, ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55
- Title
- Blackwood's Comic Zadkiel; An Almanac at once Prophetical, Quizzical and Physical, Ombrological and Symbolical, Astronomically Comical, and Comically Astronomical, for the Year 1855: A Work Devoted to All the "Ologies" Except Tautology, and Containing Full Prophecies upon Everything which Nobody Wishes to Know; and Truthfully Foretelling Every Future Event, from the Winner of the Derby to the Next Revolution in the Wheel of Time.
- Author
- Friswell, Hain, Editor
- Illustrator
- William McConnell
- Format/Binding
- Original paper boards were laid down on stiff pasteboard and the linen spine added
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- James Blackwood (Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey). Fifteenth thousand.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 8vo; 180 mm x 120 mm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Inter-racial Illustration, Crimean War, Czar Nicholas I, almanacs
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