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Handy Andy by Samuel Lover. Circa 1800s. Small format. 480 pp.
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A wonderful and farcical tale of Irish life.
Handy Andy is the most enduringly popular of the novels of Samuel Lover, author, artist, and musician. The laughing philosopher of the title is Andy Rooney, a fellow who had "the most singularly ingenious knack of doing everything the wrong way". More than simply a comic novel, it has been described as "a pill to purge melancholy". With lovely drawings by J Barnard Davies.
No publishing date in book. The Preface by the author is dated 1st December 1842. This edition is published by Collins´ Clear-type Press, London and Glasgow. A beautiful little book bound in leather (faux leather?) with gilded edges and gilded title on spine. In amazingly good condition for its age. Light stains on some pages. Pages sepia-coloured. Binding solid.