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First American edition. Early, and previously uncollected articles and short humorous pieces from, among others, The Snob and The Gownsman (both undergraduate publications at Cambridge University), The National Standard, The Times, The Pictorial Times, and Fraser's Magazine. Edited and with an introduction and notes by Melville. Includes an appendix with the short novel 'Elizabeth Brownrigge: A Tale .'16 illustrations taken from the original publications. 492 pp. Very good- in red cloth gilt lettering on the spine, small decoration on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Dulling and rubbing to the spine, front endpaper missing, binding tight and contents clean (a few pages still unopened.. .

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