PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN to which is added "AU REVOIR": A DRAMATIC VIGNETTE

Austin Dobson

Published by Kegan Paul, French, Trubner & Co., Paternoster Houose, Charing Cross Road, London, 1893

Condition: Good Hardcover

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Please note that this is a reading copy or re-binding copy only: two plates are loose. First impression of the true first edition. ***Illustrated with twenty-five black and white line full-page engravings by Hugh Thomson, as called for including tissue-guarded title-page vignette. Chapter-head engravings by Bernard Partridge. *** Printed by the Ballantyne Press. ***Please note that two plates are loose: the first plate to the fore and page 101-2 illustration are present but detached. Very good in burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and ornate gilt decoration to spine and front board. All edges of text-block gilt. Neat, contemporaneous gift inscription in fountain pen ink to top of title page: 'To Joe, With dearest love, christmas 1893. E.O.B.' Light offsetting to front and rear free endpapers. Pages clean. Corners and head and tail of boards slightly rubbed. Corners of boards slightly bumped. Spine tight. 194mm x 134mm. 110 pages plus one page black and white illustration "Notes" before one-page of notes to rear. ***First edition of Austin Dobson's Proverbs in Porcelain & Au Revoir, with all plates present, but please note that two plates are detached. Of interest to collectors of antiquarian literary titles and the works of Austin Dobson, illustrations by Bernard Partridge, and works printed by The Ballantyne Press. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 4145

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Title: PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN to which is added "AU ...

Publisher: Kegan Paul, French, Trubner & Co., Paternoster Houose, Charing Cross Road, London

Publication Date: 1893

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Bernard Partridge

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued

Edition: First Edition

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