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BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda SKU: 10239

Stock No. 10239

Authors: Matilda, BETHAM-EDWARDS

Chapman and Hall, 1910

Handsomely bound by Bayntun, with printed binder's signature, in half purple morocco over marbled boards, single dividing gilt rules, heavily gilt spine which is divided into six compartments by raised bands with gilt lettering in second and fourth panel from the top and gilt date at tail; top edge of the pages gilt. Half-title present. Medium 8vo (9 x 6 ins) pp viii + [252] Eight plates. A very handsome copy. With pen portraits on Balzac and Madame Hanska, Barbey D'Aurévilly and Trebutien, Mary Clarke and Claude Fauriel, Jean Reynaud, Madame Boyselve and Henry Bordeaux, the Margueritte Brothers, Edmond Demolins, Joseph Reinach, Madame Chevrillon, Coste, Boutmy and others.