Samuel Slick (59 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Green decorative binding with stamped Victorian designs; floral scrollwork and gilt lettering. Boards with heavy wear; edges and hinges torn; spine sunned; hinges weak and end pages loose; pages dusty with age toning. Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796 - 1865) was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. Politically, he played a significant role in the history of Nova Scotia prior to its entry into Confederation. He was the first international best-selling author from what is now Canada. Sam Slick was a character created by Haliburton. With his wry wit and Yankee voice, Sam Slick of Slicksville put forward his views on "human nature" in a regular column in the Novascotian, beginning in 1835. The twenty-one sketches were published in a collection titled The Clockmaker, or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slicksville, First Series in 1836, supplemented by an additional 12 unpublished or new sketches. The book was Canada's first international bestseller and was hugely popular, not only in Nova Scotia but also in Britain and the United States. Slick's wise-cracking commentary on the colonial life of Nova Scotia and relations with the U.S. and Britain struck a note with readers, leading to a second series in 1838 and a third in 1840. The satirical sketches, mocking both Canadians and Americans, made Haliburton one of the most popular writers of comic fiction in English of that era. This volume contains all three series.

Hard Back. Condition: Book - Poor/Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. viii+160+193+179 pages. Three series or volumes in one book. Battered copy, green binding with ornate impressing to boards, ornate gilt design & titles to boatds, shabby spine-ends with 1-2cm losses, much of both outer hinges split with fraying, inner hinges have paper cracks showing cloth 7-8mm, are holding but rear boad has a wobble. Spine is faded to beige, heavy wear to corners, book has a backward lean, a little foxing to text, page-edges slightly darkened. Text has a light wave but is generally clean and unimpeded. Reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New Edition. Small loss to top & bottom spine. Book.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third series. Original blue cloth backed boards with paper spine label, binding good but boards somewhat marked and soiled. Contents good, hinge reinforced at some stage with sellotape, a little spotting a light reading wear. A good copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Spine cracked. Stamped on inside. (Nova Scotia, Satire).

Condition: Fair. 1862. New Edition. 533 pages. Half bound blue leather with marbled paper covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Noticeable peeling leather to spine and corners. Visible scuffing to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later Edition. 179 pages. Paper over board covers with paper label on spine. Hinges tender. Edge and corner wear. Label worn with some letters missing. Some foxing to pages. First printed in Nova Scotia. The book is a political and social satire of the times.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two Sam Slick / T. C. Haliburton title and one by (Harriet Ann) Lady Scott, bound as one. Combined are Slick/Haliburton's The Clockmaker, Third Series (Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841; [i]-vi, 199pp.), The Old Judge (NY: Stringer & Townsend, 1849; [1]-114pp., [6 publisher's ads]), and Lady Scott's Hylton House (NY: H. Long & Brother, 1850; [1]-115pp., [5 publisher's ads]). Likely reprinted from their respective publisher's plates, as paper is uniform throughout, but print style is not. The Clockmaker title page states it includes "The Letter-Bag of the Great Western" however this does not appear to have been included. Navy half-leather and marbled boards binding, gilt titling on spine, red speckling to page block edges; moderate amount of wear, rubbing to edges and corners, rubbing to marbled paper as well; binding remains firm and fully intact; previous owner names inscribed in pencil on title pages (apparently different owners for each book), else text is free of markings. A nice little group for the collector of 19th century humor. Photos, further explanation available upon request. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good unbound edition, hardcover binding is missing. Pages are stitched but the stitching has broken. They are all present and clean. Needs a re-bind. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 189 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Philadelphia, PA: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1838. Hardcover. Sm 8vo., 179 pp., Foxing, missing spine label .

Condition: New. In.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated but Slick's opening letter is dated 1836. Front board as embossed vignette 'Ship Store Royal Navy'. 0001U7AEJE Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Good with foxing and moderate wear.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Third Edition. Wear to boards, heavily foxed and age toned, binding tight and square. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 038486.

Condition: Fair. 1839. Fourth Edition. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Rebound with new end papers. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Heavy cracking throughout binding. Text block split in two. Evidence of previous insect damage. Damp stains to bottom of pages throughout. Binding is shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Spine head and tail are have large splits down both board joints. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine and front board. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Damp staining to bottom edges of boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Foolscap8vo, viii, 533, [2 - catalogue] p. Original red quarter leather, green cloth, gilt, pale yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. Near fine clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Post8vo, guarded engraved frontis, xi, 297 p. Original purple blind-stamped cloth, gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Backstrip slightly faded to brown, name erased from the front pastedown, paper cracked on the front hinge otherwise a VG tight copy.

Condition: New.

5th ed. Front hinge cracked but tight; small stain on back end paper; cloth badly discoloured on spine & front board; spine browned & bumped with a little wear at head & foot. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in original purple cloth with gilt Used - Very Good. VG hardback in original purple cloth with gilt.

Condition: New.

8vo xii,367 pages. Original boards, a little rubbed, corners and edges bumped, backstrip chipped at head and foot, but binding sound. Some light foxing to end papers and edges, else internally VG. Most pages uncut.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, Second Series. 8vo. Pp. 220. 1/4 brown cloth over blue boards, printed title label on spine. Very Good+, owner name "corner of Grand & Mulberry Street / New York 1838", soiling and rubbing to boards and spine, edgewear. "Wise-cracking commentary on the colonial life of Nova Scotia and relations with the U.S. and Britain" (Wikipedia).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Acceptable. The Clockmaker; or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville. 1837.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

New edition. Poor leather-backed, marbled-boards copy. Boards and spine nicked, cracked, roughly rubbed as with age (with some loss); somewhat detaching from the text block. Tape to the inner hinges. Physical description; 193 pages, 17.5 x 13 cm. Subjects; Samuel Slick of Slickville. British fiction. Great Britain 19th century fiction. 1 Kg.