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Character Sketches, Development Drawings and Original Pictures of Wit and Humour
by Bennett, Charles H; Brough, Robert B
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, UK: Ward, Lock and Tyler. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bennett, Charles H; Brough, Robert B. [1872] x, 360pp, 31 unnumbered pages, illustrated with 94 engravings, some of which are double spreads, and many headpieces and finials. Bound in pictorial, lettered cloth, blind embossed design on rear panel, decorations and gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt. 4to. Cloth moderately worn and rubbed at edges, rubbed through and rounded at corners. Spine tips rubbed and round. Cloth darkened and marked. Hinges cracked, the rear one almost wholly so. A little faint smudging on endpapers, short and mild corner crease affecting first few leaves, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A wonderful collection of humourously related pen portraits and comment articles, all elegantly and wittily illustrated with engravings. Articles include several regarding Darwin's Origin of the Species; and pen portraits include those about Hickory F Nutt, Miss Juliana Hipswidge, Miss Puff Blowzy, Mr Guy Fox etc. Very hard to find title.
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- Title
- Character Sketches, Development Drawings and Original Pictures of Wit and Humour
- Author
- Bennett, Charles H; Brough, Robert B
- Illustrator
- Bennett, Charles H; Brough, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock and Tyler
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Humour, Drawings, Illustrations, Pen Portraits,
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