Ernest A. Baker

A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction British and American: Including Translations from Foreign Languages Containing About 4, 500 Reference; with Copious Indexes and a Historical Appendix

London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A most valuable reference of a plethora of British and American fiction titles, including descriptions of their plots and themes. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding.This wonderful bibliography offers a descriptive series of the best prose fiction in English, each of which include a few lines about the story, genre, setting and themes, as well as the original price if applicable. It begins with titles from as early as the fifteenth century and ends with the turn of the century before offering translated works from Germany, Italy, Russia and more.From author and editor of English fiction, dictionaries and the standard reference work 'The History of the English Novel', Ernest Albert Baker. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean pages, with the odd spot to the endpapers and a library ink impression to the copyright page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 925Y63

Catalogue: Bibliography & General

Keywords: Reference British Literature American Literature Bibliography British Literature None