Author: Anonymous
Title: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1892. Cloth. Third illustrated edition of this series on an exemplary English gentleman, beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Reprinted from 'The Spectator' series following Sir Roger Coverley, fictional character devised by Joseph Addison, a baronet of Worcestershire and representative of the typical landed country gentleman. The third edition featuring charming vignettes and full page illustrations by Hugh Thomson. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with decorative gilt to front board and spine, gilt to edges. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Small bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's gift inscription to recto front blank leaf, dated 1892. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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