A Literary Chronicle of Half A Century. 1888.

PRESENTATION COPY to publisher Thomas Norton Longman.

FRANCIS, John C. John Francis Publisher of The Athenaeum: A Literary Chronicle of Half A Century. 2 volumes. Frontispieces to both volumes (frontispiece and opening pages of volume 2 detached, occasional light spotting). Publisher’s green cloth, (wear and some tearing, text block splitting in places).

8vo. London: Richard Bentley, 1888.

PRESENTATION COPY: ‘’Thomas Norton Longman Esq with John C Francis’s Comps. Oct 18th 1888’’. Thomas Norton [Longman] is referenced on page 386 of volume 2. “There are at the present time four partners of the name of Longman in the firm: Messrs. Thomas Norton and G.H. Longman…”

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