The man from Blankley's, and other sketches. [Reprinted from "Punch"]. With twenty-five illustrations by J. Bernard Partridge

GUTHRIE, THOMAS ANSTEY]. F. Anstey

Publication Date: 1893

About this Item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4". [4]ff. (including frontispiece), 151pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Original floral boards, parchment back, some wear at edges, backstrip darkened. Light foxing. Collated and complete. FIRST EDITION. Good, sound copy. Turner, A Bibliography of the Works of F. Anstey [Thomas Anstey Guthrie], 16. Contents: "The man from Blankley's"; "One side of the canvass"; "The other side of the canvass"; "On the threshold of Themis"; "Boat-Race day"; "Preserved Venice"; "At a vegetarian restaurant"; "At a hypnotic seance"; "Wrestling with Whistlers"; "Dilatory dinners"; "Matinee mania"; "More 'pot-pourri' from the park"; "The automatic physiognomist"; "'Hair-cutting, singeing, and shampooing'"; "The menagerie race"; "Before the mechanical models"; "At the Wild West"; "Telephonic theatre-goers"; "Art in the City"; "At the confectioner's"; and "Choosing Christmas toys." Humorous dialogues.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The man from Blankley's, and other sketches. [Reprinted from "Punch"]. With twenty-five illustrations by J. Bernard Partridge
• Publication Date: 1893
• Binding: Original boards
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Great Britain
  • Literature
  • Arts & Architecture