Author: E. Cobham Brewer
Title: The Reader&Apos;S Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories
Description: London, Chatto and Windus , 1884. Leather. A handsome fourth edition of this handbook, which provides context to names and phrases often found in popular poems and prose. The fourth edition of this work. Bound in half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. This volume provides brief details about the many names and nicknames used by poets and writers in popular dramas, poems and tales, including 'Devil's Frying Pan', 'Rock Lizards' and 'Blue Knight', among many others. Written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, a British lexicographer and author of other reference books including 'A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar' and 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable&apos. Bound in half green morocco, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. Externally, very smart, with slight fading to the spine and mild rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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