"Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) A Memoir Including a Selection from his Correspondence and Notes on his Principal Works

Fred G. Kitton

Verlag: W. Satchell and Co., London, 1882

Beschreibung

An excellent first edition of this remarkable Hablot Knight Browne's illustrated biography by Fred Kitton. A remarkably well preserved first edition of this short biographical sketch of the illustrator known as "Phiz", being Hablot Knight Browne. By Frederick George Kitton. Originally published for Punch in the same year as the publication in the wraps.Browne was mainly known for illustrating the books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth.Four of his illustrations were issued as stamps by the Royal Mail in 1012. A fascinating memoir, including a selection from his correspondence and notes on his principal works.Illustrated with a portrait to the frontispiece, and seven plates. Collated, complete. In a full contemporary cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a portrait to the frontispiece, and seven plates. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 771A65

Bibliografische Details

Titel: "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) A Memoir ...

Verlag: W. Satchell and Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1882

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Phiz

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book