Sixpenny wonderfuls: 6D gems from the past
1985, 1st edition. London: Chatto & Windus: Hogarth Press. Fine copy in the colour-printed boards. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #310040
ISBN: 0701139366
Physical description: 69 pages: chiefly color illustrations; 28 cm. Notes: Letter "D" appears as a superscript after "6" in the added title information. "A Phoebe Phillips editions book"--Title page verso. Includes index. Contents: Introduction -- Looking back -- Country manners -- A rural idyll -- City marriages -- The eavesdropper -- Unwilling lambs -- Regrets and repentance -- Ouida along -- A remarkable man -- Shadows in the dark -- The new world -- Cowboys and little boys -- Moral and amoral -- Reformers all -- Le Maitre -- Entertainments -- High society -- A cultivated man -- Woman vs. woman -- Ladies on horseback -- The domestic heroine -- Men and mystery -- The inscrutable east -- The marseillaise -- The new empire -- Among the alien corn -- The lost chronicler -- Pears page – Index. Subjects: Chatto & Windus (Firm) History. Literature publishing England London History. Popular literature Great Britain; Bibliography. English fiction; Bibliography. Book jackets England London History. Illustrated books Great Britain History 19th century. Serial publication of books. Book jackets. Illustrated books. Literature publishing. Popular literature. Book covers History; Pictorial works. Illustration of books History; Pictorial works. Great Britain. Other names: Chatto & Windus (Firm). Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Printed books - England - London - 20th century – Specimens.
Price: €14.95