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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4". [6]ff. (including frontispiece), 136pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Original mottled boards, green cloth back, wear at edges, light soiling on backstrip. Collated and complete. FIRST EDITION. Good, sound copy. Turner, A Bibliography of the Works of F. Anstey [Thomas Anstey Guthrie], 8. Humorous social scenes unfold in this series of short sketches: "A pastoral play"; "Third class - parliamentary"; "At a dinner party"; "An East-End poultry show"; "Picture Sunday"; "A show place"; "At a Turkish bath"; "Trafalgar Square"; "At a hunt steeple-chase"; "At a wedding"; "At a Bond Street gallery"; "At a legal luncheon-bar"; "At a water-picnic"; "The musical prodigy"; "The cadi of the curbstone"; "A game of billiards"; "Sunday afternoon in Hyde Park"; "At the French play"; "At a Highland table d'hote"; "On a trip to Staffa and Iona"; "At some Highland sports"; "At a north British hydropathic"; "Doing Edinburgh Castle"; "At the Lord Mayor's Show"; "In an Italian restaurant"; "Choosing Christmas cards"; and "At the pantomime." Former owner's bookplate on front paste-down. First series. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004454
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