CAT 22/596. KNIGHT, Charles. Half Hours With the Best Authors. Including Biographical and Critical Notices. viii + 573pp, bound in prize green calf, gilt lined boards, raised bands, elaborately gilt decorated spine, title labels inset on red morocco, gilt lettered, marbled endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, all edges marbled, very good condition, Provenance: with the prize label inside of Thornton Heath School, awarded to A. Pitt in July1888, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1888. * delightfully bound by Allman & Son, London. £45