Half-Hours With The Best Authors, by Charles Knight (ed.), (Decorative Binding, Illustrated), Undated 📜✍️🇬🇧 Victorian Humor Published by Charles Scribner's Sons

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons and beautifully illustrated by the celebrated artist N

shows a strong public interest in Van Dyke's sentimental and nature-focused prose

appealing to the period's growing enthusiasm for international tourism

including his role in the Allied invasions of North Africa and as a personal representative to President Franklin D

The aesthetic—with its elaborate scrollwork and hand-sculpted floral details—was a direct Rococo Revival

Half-Hours With The Best Authors, by Charles Knight (ed.), (Decorative Binding, Illustrated), Undated 📜✍️🇬🇧 Victorian Humor Published by Charles Scribner's Sons1. Introduction This is an antique edition of "Half Hours With The Best Authors," a collection of literary masterpieces edited by the British publisher and editor Charles Knight. This "New Edition" features Fifty Two Illustrations by William Harvey and a decorative binding that is an example of Victorian book art. The book is a sound acquisition for a collector of British literature and decorative bindings. 2. About the Book "Half Hours with the Best