Phiz and Dickens as They Appeared to Edgar Browne
by (Dickens, Charles) Browne, Edgar
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- Condition
- Blue cloth. Fine
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co., Limited 22 Berners Street, W., 1913. First Trade edition. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of H.K. Browne, and 38 plates after his drawings. 317 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine. First Trade edition. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of H.K. Browne, and 38 plates after his drawings. 317 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Written by the son of Phiz, here is an extremely scarce and important memoir of one of Dicken's immortal illustrators, as well as of the Master himself.
Inscribed on ffep G.H. Garraway a souvenir of an old Standing Friendship from the Author 2 May 1913" and on the title-page a note by recipient when and where the author died.
Inscribed on ffep G.H. Garraway a souvenir of an old Standing Friendship from the Author 2 May 1913" and on the title-page a note by recipient when and where the author died.
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 210848
- Title
- Phiz and Dickens as They Appeared to Edgar Browne
- Author
- (Dickens, Charles) Browne, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Photogravure frontispiece portrait of H.K. Browne, and 38 plates after his drawings. 317 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Blue cloth. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade edition
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co., Limited 22 Berners Street, W.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- British
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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