Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama. Complete 4 Volume Set:1892

Description: CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA: A REVISED AMERICAN EDITION OF THE READER'S HANDBOOKBy The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL. D., Edited by Marion Harland, Complete Four Volume SetPublished 1892 by Selmar Hess Publisher, New York Bound in 3/4 calf and gilt titled cloth covered boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Silk moire endsheets. Each volume is illustrated by beautiful full-page photogravures, etchings, wood engravings and typogravures protected by captioned tissue guards. There are 85 illustrations in each volume. Each volume measures 12 x 9 x 2 inches. This four volume set is a compendium of literary knowledge.The Rev. E. C. Brewer's goal is to give "readers a lucid, but brief account of such names as are used in allusions and references in literary works, as well as plots and outlines and sources from which writers derived their stories."Marion Harland in 1892 updated Brewer's work by including more American writers and some of the newer works on the scene.Entries are arranged in alphabetical order. Each volume has a List of Illustrations at the front of book. Volume I has 408 pages and contains the Preface and entries from AARON TO FALIERO.Volume II has 408 pages and contains entries from FALKLAND to MARK.Volume III has 408 pages and contains entries from MARK TAPLEY to SKEFFINGTON.Volume IV has 384 pages and contains entries from SKEGGS to ZULZUL, and Appendix I:English & American Bibliography; Appendix II:Dates of Foreign Poems & Novels; Appendix III:Authors & Dates of Dramas & Operas. These books are remarkably well-preserved!!! The previous owners took very good care of them and stored them carefully away as we have done over the years.SHIPPING VIA USPS MEDIA MAIL! BOOKS WILL SHIP IN 2 CARTONS.Please contact me if you have questions.

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