BROWNE, Hablot Knight (pseud. 'Phiz'; 1815-82). The Derby Day: The Road and the Course. London: [1865-6]. Oblong 2° (458 x 455mm). 8 double-page chromolithographs after Browne. (Some spotting, mostly marginal, a few short neat tears at fold.) Contemporary blue half roan (slight edge wear).
BROWNE, Hablot Knight (pseud. 'Phiz'; 1815-82). The Derby Day: The Road and the Course. London: [1865-6]. Oblong 2° (458 x 455mm). 8 double-page chromolithographs after Browne. (Some spotting, mostly marginal, a few short neat tears at fold.) Contemporary blue half roan (slight edge wear).

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BROWNE, Hablot Knight (pseud. 'Phiz'; 1815-82). The Derby Day: The Road and the Course. London: [1865-6]. Oblong 2° (458 x 455mm). 8 double-page chromolithographs after Browne. (Some spotting, mostly marginal, a few short neat tears at fold.) Contemporary blue half roan (slight edge wear).

AN ATTRACTIVE RACING PANORAMA by Dickens's principal illustrator. Browne was also an accomplished sporting artist, and did much in this vein after the novelist's death. WorldCat locates only one copy in the Huntington Library.

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