Samuel Butler — Characters and Passages from Note-Books

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1908. Leather. A nicely bound collection of character sketches by the noted poet and satirist Samuel Butler, an entertaining work on Stuart society. In a signed binding by Palmer Howe & Co, Manchester.A selection of entertaining character sketches and short pieces of various subjects by Samuel Butler. Butler looks into the character and habits of various genres of people in society, such s politicians, philosophers, curious men, romance writers, rebels, and more. The miscellaneous pieces discuss truth, history, nature, ignorance, religion, and other equally interesting subjects.Edited with notes by A. R. Waller.Bookplate of William John Robertson to the front pastedown. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards, a signed binding by Palmer Hower & Co. Externally, smart, with light rubbing to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .