What the Boy Thought. Thoughts Wise and Otherwise, By Little Jim. A Social Satire. SIGNED and Inscribed by the author to the artist Richard Phene Spiers.
by Little Jim (James Stanley LITTLE)
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About This Item
58pp. + 2pp advertisements. Good+ condition with occasional marks to prelims (and ink hand-correction to publisher's advertising leaf). The acetate front wrapper very thin and with repair to two edges. Back wrapper not preserved. SIGNED by the author on the half title in ink and with message. The named recipient Richard Phené Spiers FSA, FRIBA then presents the book to A.E Haywood, and himself signs. A further ink note on the original 'acetate' wrapper by the author. A 'Social Satire'. e.g. 'The Boy Thought bankers were great philanthropists'; The Boy thought that on the whole he preferred dirty to clean hands', etc. on a variety of subjects.
James Stanley Little (1856–1940); author and editor. Lectured in London and the provinces on South Africa and Imperial Federation.
Richard Phené Spiers FSA, FRIBA (English architect, author, and educator, 1838-1916)
James Stanley Little (1856–1940); author and editor. Lectured in London and the provinces on South Africa and Imperial Federation.
Richard Phené Spiers FSA, FRIBA (English architect, author, and educator, 1838-1916)
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 799
- Title
- What the Boy Thought. Thoughts Wise and Otherwise, By Little Jim. A Social Satire. SIGNED and Inscribed by the author to the artist Richard Phene Spiers.
- Author
- Little Jim (James Stanley LITTLE)
- Format/Binding
- Modern marbled paper covered boards with cloth spine and a paper title label.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Swan Sonnenschein
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 58
- Size
- 15 x 12cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Social Satire ; Richard Phené Spiers FSA, FRIBA ; James Stanley Little
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