BESANT, Walter and Walter POLLOCK (authors). Chris HAMMOND and A. JULE GOODMAN (illustrators). The Charm and other Drawing-Room Plays. London; Chatto and Windus. 1896.
8vo.; publisher's darkest green pictorial cloth extravagantly blocked in gilt to spine and upper cover, all edges gilt; pp. [v], vi-xii + 275 + 32, publisher's catalogue, dated Sept. 1896; pictorial title-page in red and black and 49 additional line illustrations by Christianna Hammond and A. Jule Goodman; a fine and exceptional copy in stunning external condition, internally fine bar a touch of cracking to inner upper hinge and previous owner's armorial bookplate to inner upper cover.
First edition. An assemblage of drawing room plays on the theme of love, including "The Voice of Love"; "Loved I Not Honour More" and "The Wife's Confession".
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