Description: The Reader's Handbook of Famous names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories and Poems. Together with 'An English and American Bibliography' and a list of 'The Authors and Dates of Dramas and Operas'. Author: E. Cobham Brewer. Phew, what a title, just about says it all. Crammed into one volume. Published 1898 by Chatto & Windus. 1501 pp plus 32 pp of publishers other authors/books. Wear to covers (No Dust Jacket), gutter opened front and back hinge. Covers still secure though. Some brown spotting, more prevalent to title and first pages, decreasing thereafter and mainly in margins. This was the precursor to what we now know as Brewer's Phrase and Fable. Within this subject if you wanted to know something this was your 'go to' item. As long as it's before 1898 !. This revised edition was proof corrected by Brewers' daughter, the Revd having passed away in 1897. Thanks for reading, questions welcomed.
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Non-Fiction Subject: Dictionaries & Reference
Year Printed: 1898
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Cloth
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: E. Cobham Brewer
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London