17231 Art First edition with printed signature

First edition with printed signature of author on tissue paper of frontispiece portrait

With twenty-seven portraits in collotype from paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds and other illustrations

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one of those beautiful oversized books we all have on our shelves

a new subject index

17231 Art First edition with printed signatureTwo volumes of Essays by Divers Hands sold together. Volume VIII published in 1928 includes an essay by Professor H. W. Garrod, C. B. E., M. A., F. R. S. L. called "Jane Austen: A Depreciation," in which Garrod argues, among many other criticisms, that Austen is only read by middle aged men past the point of interest in passions, certainly not interesting to young people and women. Garrod speaks tongue in cheek but does mean to deliver a variety of