Author: THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)
Title: The English humourists of the eighteenth century
Description: London : John Long 1906. 1st Edition in this form. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked. pebble-grained navy cloth. Gilt illus. to spine. with publisher's device tooled in gilt to the front panel. Minor. scattered marginal foxing. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 182 pages; Description: 182 p. ; 15 cm. Subjects: Humorists. English - 18th century - Biography. Series: John Long's Carlton classics. English literature - 18th century - History and criticism. Contents: Swift -- Congreve and Addison -- Steele -- Prior. Gay. and Pope -- Hogarth. Smollett. and Fielding -- Sterne and Goldsmith. by William Makepeace Thackeray ; with bibliographical introduction by Hannaford Bennett.Weight in Kg appr.:

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