By Matthew Arnold
London   Smith, Elder, & Co.
7.5" by 5" xiv, 172, (2)pp.
A first edition of this satirical work from English writer and cultural critic Matthew Arnold.
By Matthew Arnold

1871 Friendship's Garland: Being the Conversations, Letters, and Opinions of the Late Arminius Baron Von Thunder-Ten-Tronckh

London   Smith, Elder, & Co.
7.5" by 5" xiv, 172, (2)pp.
A first edition of this satirical work from English writer and cultural critic Matthew Arnold.
£40.00
: 0.75kgs / : 935T65

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. A collection of the fictionalised correspondence of a Prussian, Arminius, Baron von Thunder‐ten‐Tronckh, through which Arnold expresses mockery of the English Philistine, of narrow Liberal reform, of the Daily Telegraph, and of English foreign and educational policy. Written by Matthew Arnold, an English poet and cultural critic. Bound by Hanbury and Simpson, Fleet St.

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In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the head of the spine resulting in light fraying. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the extremities. Bound by Hanbury and Simpson, Fleet St.

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