Sala: The Portrait of an Eminent Victorian
by Straus, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Londion: Constable & Company Ltd, 1942. Hardcover, dark blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 309 pages. Appendix of a Bibliography of Sala's works, Index. Illustrated with a frontispiece in color and 16 plates of illustrations and others in text. Second impression, published one month after first printing. Evidence of bookplate removal on front free end-paper. Biography of the writer, journalist, dramatist, and painter [George Augustus Sala], who, along with his family, was closely tied to Charles Dickens. Sala's works were often mistaken for those of Dickens. No previous ownership marks but for slight glue residue from bookplate. Spine lettering worn but readable. A clean, square, copy with no underlining, marking or writing. Near very good.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011112
- Title
- Sala: The Portrait of an Eminent Victorian
- Author
- Straus, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Constable & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Londion
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Literary Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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