The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all Ages and Countries

Henry Wilson, James Caulfield

Verlag: John Camden Hotten, London, 1874

Beschreibung

A thoroughly illustrated copy of this volume of eccentric biographies. A later edition of this scarce work.This volume is a collection of biographies of remarkable and eccentric people, including Francis Battalia the stone-eater, Jacob Hall the rope dancer and Margaret Finch Queen of the Gipsies.With sixty one full page engravings, with the frontispiece hand coloured.collated, complete.Undated, dated from the advertisements to the rear of the volume.With forty pages of adverts to the rear dated September 1874. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for Pat Murray. Front hinge starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 848B103

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and...

Verlag: John Camden Hotten, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1874

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book