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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is a volume of essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature, that was edited by John Drinkwater, Poet Laureate of England. The essays are on obscure and not-so-obscure literary subjects, but one of them ventures into science, and another into historians. Drinkwater, himself a Fellow member, also contributed an essay and the book's Introduction. The book was published in 1932 by Cambridge University Press. This is the First Edition. The book has a very interesting provenance and gift inscription (See Below). The Book is now OP. TABLE OF CONTENTS : - Sir Henry Taylor - by Lascelles Abercrombie - Arthur Hugh Clough - by Humbert Wolfe - The Early Novels of Wilkie Collins - by Walter De La Mare - Exit Planché . Enter Gilbert - by Harley Granville-Barker - Punch in the 'Sixties ("Punch Magazine") - by C. L. Graves - Historians in the 'Sixties - by F. S. Boas - Eneas Sweetland Dallas - by John Drinkwater - George Whyte-Melville - by Sir John Fortescue - Science in the 'Sixties - by Sir Oliver Lodge TITLE : The Eighteen-Sixties - Essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature EDITOR : John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937) INTRODUCTION : John Drinkwater AUTHORS - CONTRIBUTORS : John Drinkwater; Lascelles Ambercrombie; Humbert Wolfe; Walter De La Mare; Harley Granville-Barker; C.L. Graves; F. S. Boas; Sir John Fortescue; Sir Oliver Lodge IMPRINT : Cambridge University Press PLACE : Cambridge, England DATE : 1932 EDITION : First Edition PROVENANCE : From the personal library of a famous Doctor, deceased SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Has interesting gift inscription. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; Contains an Introduction, nine essays, and an Index; has three line illustrations (reproduced from "Punch Magazine") ; x + 282 pages; 5 1/2" x 8 3/4"; smooth brown cloth-covered boards and spine; gilt lettering and decorative embellishment on spine; Royal Society device stamped in gilt on front cover; bottom text-block edges rough cut. At the top fore-edge corner of the front pastedown is the following gift inscription (or, rather, and inscription by the book's owner that the book was a gift) : "W. R Bett - 16.ix.34 - from W. R. Dawson. " W. R. Bett was Dr. Walter Reginald Bett (1903 - 1968). Physician, medical historian, author, orator, scholar, librarian and man of letters; he was the co-founder of the Osler Club of London. W. R. Dawson (1888- 1968); Warren Royal Dawson was an English librarian, Egyptologist and antiquarian. He was encouraged by Wallis Budge to pursue Egyptology , and became an expert on hieroglyphs and mummification. He wrote several esteemed books on Egyptology, among which were "Mummy as a Drug", and "Magician and Leech: a Study in the beginnings of medicine with special reference to ancient Egypt". It's a very interesting inscription, revealing a friendship between scholars who shared interests in history, medicine, literature ,and who had had an extended correspondence by mail. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- The spine displays some abrasion and loss of surface color - at the head the loss is more clearly discernible ' spine extremities are compressed and display abrasion, with fraying just starting; gilt lettering still fairly bright; front board is clean with but mild rub; rear board is clean , but has slightly more rub; rear board edges display a few small dents; text-block edges are toned, else clean. BINDING -- Paper over end-paper hinges are not split; hinges are cracked between pp 112 and 113, else binding is still solid with no loose or detached leaves. INTERIOR : Interesting Gift Inscription on front paste-down (see below). End-papers toned, and displaying slight smudging; small book number label affixed to bottom fore-edge corner of front paste-down; text paper is toned and displays foxing ; else the interior is clean and free of marking.