The First Gentlemen of Europe. Volumes I and II.
by Lewis Melville
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Scarborough , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Brown calf spine and corners with tan cloth boards. Gilt lettering and tooling. Dimensions are for one volume. The First Gentlemen of Europe. Volumes I and II.
A quite subjective view of the time Lewis Saul Benjamin, (pen name, Lewis Melville) (1874–1932) was an English author, born into a Jewish family in London, England and educated privately in England and Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was known as an actor, though part of his time even then was devoted to literature. His publications include:
- In the World of Mimes: A Theatrical Novel(1902)
- The Thackeray Country(1905)
- Victorian Novelists(1906)
- Bath under Beau Nash(1907)
- The Beau of the Regency(1908)
- William Makepeace Thackeray: A Biography(1909)
- The Life and Letters of Laurence Sterne(two volumes, 1911; American edition, 1912)
- The Life and Letters of William Cobbett(two volumes, 1912; American edition, 1913)
- An edition of Thackeray's works (twenty volumes, 1901–07)
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- Bookseller
- Martin Frost (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FB614 (1 & 2) /4A
- Title
- The First Gentlemen of Europe. Volumes I and II.
- Author
- Lewis Melville
- Format/Binding
- Leather spine with cloth boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Huchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 15 x22 x5cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Martin Frost
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Scarborough , North Yorkshire
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