The Savage-club papers / edited by Andrew Halliday
1868, 1st edition. London : Tinsley Bros. Good copy in the original elaborately gilt-blocked and tooled cloth over bevelled boards. Generalised wear to the spine bands and board extremities. All edges gilt. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #384566
Physical description; x, 304 pp., 21 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, 21 cm. Notes; 31 illustrations by E.C. Barnes (3), W. Brunton (3), J. Palmer (2), F. Barnard (1), Isaac Brown (1), George Cruikshank (1), Gustave Dore' (1), Edward Draper (1), E. Hull (1), Charles Morgan (1), John O'Connor (1), Harry Rogers (1), Alfred Slader (1), G. Thompson [i.e. Thomson] (1), G.S. Walters (1), Harrison Weir (1), D.T. White (1). Engraved on wood by the Dalziel Brothers. Contents; Exceptional experiences / by T. W. Robertson -- The Hour-glass / by W. Sawyer -- A Border raid in 1867 / by Godfrey Turner -- The Lost jewel / by J. R. Planche -- La Fosse commune / by Walter Thornbury -- Holding the candle / by Andrew Hallidat -- Adapting from the French / by John Hollingshead -- My Ultimatum / by H. S. Leigh -- Begotten of sad stars / by Author of "The Waterdale neighbours" -- The Raven / by John Oxenford -- Terrible telegrams / by Thomas Archer -- Mrs. Ralph greeting's first lodger / by Arthur Locker -- The Vision in the wood / by Westland Marston -- Artemus Ward amongst the shoshones / by Edward P. Highston -- The Magical ointment / by Hain Friswell -- St. Anthony's sermon / by Walter Thornbury -- Bilger's / by G. M. Fenn -- A Christmas fairy / by H. J. Byron -- Characters and scenes / by Edward Draper -- A Visit to the President of the Early Rising Association / by George Grossmith -- Music / by German Reed -- Dealings with the devil / by Sutherland Edwards -- A Scrap from a comedy / by Dion Boucicault -- Bill Bank's day out / by "Hte Journeyman Engineer" -- The Last birthday rhyme / by Mortimer Collins -- Steamboating in America / by Howard Paul -- The Devil-tree / by James Greenwood -- The Time will come / by Frank Younge -- Three hundred and four / by G. A. Sala -- The Power of music -- Uncomfortable people / by W. Kirkus -- Love's seasons / W. Brough -- A "Model" child / by E. C. Barnes -- How the ghost walked / by H. Leslie -- Buckingham gate /. Subjects; Savage Club (London, England). Halliday, Andrew 1830-1877. English fiction and poetry 19th century. Clubs. Science.
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