AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
sales@rookebooks.com
1898 An Essay on Comedy
What Our Customers Say...
Description
Fine Binding, Leather Binding, Scarce
The second edition of George Meredith's scarce work An Essay on Comedy and the uses of the Comic Spirit in half blue calf with matching blue marbled boards. George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era, whose writings were inspired by John Keats among others.
With red and brown calf spine labels and decorative gilt. A beautifully bound copy of Meredith's analysis of comedic art, which was first published in 'The New Quarterly Magazine' in April of 1877.
Contains five pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work.
Condition
In half blue calf with matching blue marbled boards, red and brown calf spine labels and decorative gilt. Externally, very smart with visible rubbing to the leather at the joints, extremities and spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Slight spotting to fore edge. Marbled paste downs. Contains five pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work.
Very Good Indeed
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details