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New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1935.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in terra cotta boards with rubbing to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers and light foxing to the edges of the textblock in a fair only example of the uncommon dust jacket (price-clipped, chipping to the edges, including one chip on the back cover which adhered to the rear board) . First American edition. Described as a wise and sympathetic portrait of Dickens by this author who was known for the his literary biographies. Translated from the French by Hamish Miles. Chronology. 206 pp.

Paris : Bernard Grasset, 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 293 p. ; 19 cm. Contents; Dickens -- Madame du Deffand et Horace Walpole -- De Ruskin � Wilde -- Le jeune litt�rature anglaise. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond marquise (1697-1780). Walpole, Horatio Walpole Baron (1678-1757). English literature History and criticism. Genre; Biography.

Barcelona: Apolo, 1952. Libro. Bien. Tapa dura, tela. 15 cm. Traducción directa por Rafael Vázquez-Zamora ; tapas de Will Faber. -- Impresión: Tipografía La Académica (Barcelona). -- 218 p..

Paris : Grasset, 1927. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 293 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Ruskin, John 1819-1900. Walpole, Horace Earl of Orford 1717-1797. English literature History and criticism.