AlmackÆs: a novel. In three volumes.

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1st ed. 3 vols. Re-backed quarter calf over marbled boards; paper abraded at corners. Issue label of the Southampton Reading Society (subscription library) to each front pastedown. Bindings tight; internally clean. Acclaimed roman a clef. By the beginning of the 19th century AlmackÆs û assembly rooms in St JamesÆs - was at its height. People came to AlmackÆs to see and be seen, to assert their claim to be of the highest social rank, and to network with others of that caste. For gentlemen seeking a bride from æthe tonÆ it served as one of the leading marriage markets. A popular work, a key to the characters in AlmackÆs was published in the Literary Gaette for December 9th, 1826, and later issued as an offprint. The authorÆs only novel. Scarce. N° de ref. del artículo wb18226

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