"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
The Impudent Comedian and Others.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 243 [5]. With numerous engraved illustrations by Sauber. Publisher's dark red illustrated cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Endpapers quite heavily toned, with light spotting to preliminaries. Stains to lower margin of pp.12-13. A small tear to lower margin of p.15, and loss to lower corner of p.171. Light wear and sunning to spine. Very good. A collection of five rather prim short stories about historic stage figures such as Nell Gwyn and David Garrick, by the prolific Irish novelist and dramatist. Item #34622
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