E. V. Lucas; C. L. Graves — Wisdom While You Wait

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1902. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work, a copy printed for printed circulation, of this comical mock prospectus for a spoof encyclopaedia by E. V. Lucas and C. L. Graves. The first edition of this work for private circulation, a very scarce edition of a scarce work. The work had a trade edition in 1903.A comical work by E. V. Lucas and C. L. Graves.'Wisdom While You Wait is a parody prospectus for 'Insidecompletuar Britanniaware', ie. 'Encyclopaedia Britannica&apos. The work mocks the future Americanisation of the world.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations throughout.Collated, complete. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded and rubbed. Only a few minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .