"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
London: Bickers and Son, 1864. [Complete Works] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[8] lxii; 1003 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the Bard. In small print over columns on thin paper. Contemporary tan full calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt ruling to boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. Black ink gift inscription of William Wilbraham Ford to Charles E. Keyser, on his leaving Eton in 1864, to first blank. Offsetting from frontispiece, and moderate spotting to first and final few leaves, otherwise internally crisp and clean. Moderate general wear to binding; spine sunned. Very good. Item #73793
Price: £150.00
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