CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA. A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook By The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Edited by Marion Harland. (4 Volumes, Complete Set).

(Dore, Gustave; Landseer, Sir Edwin; Hunt, Holman; Leighton, Sir Frederick; Abbey, E.A.; Moreau, G.; et al). Brewer, LL.D., Rev. E. Cobham; Harland, Marion, editor.

Published by New York: Selmar Hess: 1892-1896. 1892-1896., 1892

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- Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Four hardcover volumes, bound in pictorial olive green cloth with gilt decorations and an art nouveau illustration stamped on the front covers, with moire pastedowns and endpapers. Titled in gilt on the spines. All edges are gilt. The corners and head & tail of the spines are lightly bumped and the bottom edges of the covers are slightly rubbed. Volume 1 (1892): viii & 408 pages. Volume 2 (1896): vi & 408 pages. Volume 3: (1896): vi & 408 pages. Volume 4 (1892): vi & 384 pages. Each volume is illustrated with a color frontispiece and 84 plates with printed tissue guards, a total of 340 plates in all including works by Gustave Dore, Sir Edwin Landseer, Holman Hunt, Sir Frederick Leighton, E.A. Abbey, and G. Moreau. The front hinge of the second volume is cracked opposite the front blank leaf. An attractive set. Volume 4 contains an "English and American bibliography" pages 285-336, and "Authors and dates of dramas and operas" pages 342-384. Seller Inventory # 98686

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Title: CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND ...

Publisher: New York: Selmar Hess: 1892-1896. 1892-1896.

Publication Date: 1892

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good