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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Contains black & white and colour illustrations. There is a tiny white bookshop label on the fep. THis is a heavy book so additional shipping will be required for sales abroad. Seller Ref: M14250.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. RARE. SOFT COVER BOOK. FRONT COVER IS CLEAN. REAR COVER HAS SOME MINOR MARKINGS. TEXT IS CLEAN AND WITHOUT MARKINGS. NO PRIOR OWNER SIGNATURE. 80 PAGES.

Original photographs. Condición: g to vg. Original document. Striking collection of 20 Cabinet Portraits and Photographs of the following authors: - Caroline Cheseborough - Agnes Christina Laut - William Black - Lew Wallace - John Collins Snaith - François Coppée - Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins - Adolphe Belot - Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) - Gabriele D'Annunzio - Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine - George du Maurier - Francis Marion Crawford - Edmond Rostand - William Dean Howells - Artemas Ward - Alexandre Dumas Jr. (fils) - Robert Browning - Mrs. Barrett Browning - Henry Ward Beecher 1) Caroline Cheseborough, American author. The 4 x 2 3/8" carte de visite (CDV) was taken by Jordan & Co., photographers in New York. 2) Agnes Christina Laut (1871-1936), a Canadian novelist, journalist, historian and social worker. A 5 3/4 x 3" duo-tone photographic portrait. The photographic reproduction is tipped onto a 6 1/4 x 3 1/2" cardstock hand signed by the author at lower margin. 3) William Black (1841-1898), a Glasgow born writer whose novel "A Daughter of Heth" (1871) made him immensely popular in the latter half of the 19th-century. However, his fame and popularity did not survive long into the 20th century. 7 x 4 1/2" b/w photographic portrait. The undated photographic reproduction is inscribed and hand signed at lower margin by the author. 4) Lew Wallace (1827-1905), who became immensely popular with his best selling novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1880). Striking 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait taken in New York by Sarony. Lower margin hand signed by Lew Wallace. 5) John Collins Snaith, English novelist. The photograph is inscribed and hand signed by the author. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait taken in Nottingham by George Pendry. 6) François Coppée (1842-1908), French poet and novelist. The 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait was taken by Reutlinger, Paris. 7) Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (1863-1933), a prolific English novelist and playwright. The 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait of was taken by Rockwood, NY. 8) Adolphe Belot (1829-1890), French author and dramatist. The unsigned and undated 5 6/8 x 4" original photograph is pasted onto 6 1/4 x 4 1/4" cardstock. 9) Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) (1847-1903), French author and journalist . The 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait was produced by Falk, in New York. 10) Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), the celebrated Italian writer, poet, journalist and playwright. The stunning 6 1/2 x 4 1/8" cabinet portrait was taken by Guigoni & Bossi, in Milano and is undated. 11) A 5 1/2 x 4" original photograph of Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931), novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. The photograph unsigned and undated. 12 & 13) Two cabinet portraits of George du Maurier, a French-British cartoonist and author, best known for his cartoons in "Punch" and also for his novel "Trilby" (1894). Both portraits measure 6 1/2 x 4 1/4". The first photograph is a front view portrait of the author, and was produced by Messieurs Bassano, in London. The second one is a left profile bust portrait, and was produced by Elliott & Fry, in London. 14) Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909), an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. The photograph was taken in 1897, and was produced by Falk, in New York. A 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait. 15) Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is best known for his play "Cyrano de Bergerac." The handsome 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" cabinet portrait is dated 1904 and was produced by Reutlinger, in Paris. 16) William Dean Howells (1837-1920), an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. The A 6 1/2 x 4" cabinet portrait is undated and was produced by C. F. Conly, in Boston. 17) Artemas Ward (1848-1925), an American author and advertising executive best known for authoring several biographies as well as "The Grocer's Encyclopedia." The undated 6 1/2 x 4 1/.