The Natural History Of The Flirt (with) The Natural History Of The Ballet- Girl (with) The Natural History of the Tuft Hunters (with) The Natural History of "Bores"
London: D. Bogue, 1847. Leather_bound. 32mo. (3" x 5") in contemporary mid-19th century three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers and text edges. 1847 and 1848. Engraved frontispieces for each book. Illustrated with black and white engravings by Henning, Hine, Gavarni and Gilbert. 107, 103, xi+ 121, 112 pp. Collection of four "Natural History Of..." books, the first two by Albert Smith, the third with no author imprint and the last by Reach. A tight, very good or a bit better example. Albert Richard Smith (1816-1860) was a Surry-born author, playwright and entertainer. He was a widely appreciated humorist whose work appeared in "Punch" and Bentley's "Miscellany" and the author of several light novels as well as a series of "Natural History of..."shorter pieces. Very Good. Item #E20892
Price: $95.00