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An Artist's Proof.

AUSTIN, Alfred. An Artist's Proof. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. 1864
Half titles. Original green sand-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered & decorated in gilt.

¶Sadleir 64; Wolff 194. Although there is no internal evidence, this copy was purchased from the descendants of Paul-Emile Daurand-Forgues, the French writer & translator, known as 'Old Nick'. Austin, 1835-1913, appointed Poet Laureate in 1896. This is one of his three novels; the others are Five Years of It (1858), and Won by a Head (1866).
Stock #84723
£450


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