Book Description

8vo, (120x195mm). G.W. Steevens' impersonation of twenty-one figures of Antiquity. First edition in book form, most of the texts having appeared in the National Observer or the New Review.
Dealer Notes
George Warrington Steevens (1869-1900), British journalist and writer, war correspondent for the Daily Mail during the Anglo-Boer War in 1899 and most famous war correspondent of his time. (New International Cyclopedia). His most striking work was Monologues of the Dead. (J.W. Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature).
Author G.W. Steevens
Date 1896
Binding original red cloth, gilt ruled covers, dec. spine gilt, front and lower edge uncut, top edge gilt.
Publisher London: Methuen & Co
Condition Offset to free endpapers, a few spots on back cover, but nevertheless a nice copy
Pages viii, 138

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