Frank Harris — Contemporary Portraits
New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of Frank Harris' series of biographies of contemporary eminent figures. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.A collection of biographical sketches, discussing figures such as Oscar Wilde, Robert Browning, Guy de Maupassant and Swinburne.Written by Irish-American editor, novelist and journalist Frank Harris, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing to the extremities only. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .
