Bayle St. John. Purple Tints of Paris. Character and Manners in the New Empire. Two Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. 19 x 12 cm. xxii, 322 pages / xi, 330 pages. Contemporary black half morroco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Seriously rubbed and bumped with small material losses to spine ends and corners. Some foxing to first and last few pages of each volume. Library sticker on front board of volume 2. No further library marks or stamps. Ex libris of previous owner (‘Maurice Brooks’) on front paste down of both volumes. Top of front hinge of volume 1 started to crack. Bindings sound.

Provenance: From the Library of Maurice Brooks (1823 – 1905). Maurice Brooks was an Irish Home Rule League politician. He was elected Home Rule Member of Parliament (MP) for Dublin City in 1874 and remained MP until the seat was abolished in 1885. Brooks was Lord Mayor of Dublin for 1874. (Wikipedia).

• Keywords: Classical & Old Literature · Europe · History · History & Culture · Reference
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 103154AB

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