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Half Hours with the Best Authors
by Charles Knight (Ed)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co. , 1890. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6" . None . Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best authors, confined to those to be read in half an hour, in a charming Bickers and Son binding. Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best author, only including works to be read in half an hour each. Comprising a miscellany of poetry, prose, essays, characters, stories, descriptive, narrative or dramatic verse, adventures, moral and religious exhortations, and much more. A new edition.In a charming full calf binding signed Bickers & Son. A collection of excerpts from various influential British authors throughout history, these volumes containing works by Herschel, Coleridge, Lord Bacon, Crabbe, C Lamb, Jane Austen, Macaulay, Plutarch, Pope, Cowper, Keats, and many more. In a full calf signed binding with five raised bands and gilt to the spine and edges, with marbled endpapers. Externally smart with some shelf wear, the spine slightly rubbed and faded. With Gerald Harsley's bookplate to the front pastedown of volume I, and bookplate stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. With some spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 790A54
- Title
- Half Hours with the Best Authors
- Author
- Charles Knight (Ed)
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- bickers and son charles knight leather charles knight
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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