Tom Brown — Amusements Serious and Comical and Other Works

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1927. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of this depiction of London life in later Stuart times, with a frontispiece and 15 plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.With a frontispiece, and 15 plates. Collated, complete. A work by Tom Brown, one of the masters of of English wit and satire.The volume depicts a graphic picture of every day life in London in later Stuart times, from the wiles of St. James's courtiers to the sharp practices of the merchants at the Exchange, and to the flaunting vice of harlots of Drury Lane. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine, causing cloth to rip at head. Fading to spine and front board, with the odd mark to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .