Author: Brighte, John [pseudonym of J. Duncan]
Title: THE BOOK TO KEEP THE SPIRITS UP in dull and gloomy hours; manifestations of fun, mirth, humour, drollery, repartee, wit, with funny anecdotes, laughable incidents, poetry, &c.
Description: Wakefield, William Nicholson and Sons n.d. but 1850 according to British Library Coloured frontispiece with several humorous vignettes. . Octavo, green cloth stamped in gilt with black decorative borders and spine text (tips bumped) vi + 238pp + [2]pp publishers catalogue more of which is printed on front and rear endpapers. *This Wakefield edition is probably the first and is very rare next came the more common 1865 Halifax edition.

Keywords: Victorian humour


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