THE DIARY of a NOBODY. Drawings by John Lawrence. por George / Grossmith Grossmith - 1969

The Folio Society, London, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.6378 9.1732 5.5118.

London, The Folio Society, 1969., 1969. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1969. No Edition Remarks. 165 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London, The Folio Society, 1969.. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Slipcase Good. (Diaries, England)

Hardcover. Good. Sold by the charity Langdon - supporting men & women with disabilities. Dispatched within 1 working day.

London: Folio Society, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Folio Society, 1977 (fifth impression)/ 1969. Octavo; pictorial cloth a trifle sunned and bumped on the spine; an excellent copy with the slightly rubbed and bumped slipcase. With the armorial bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide.

The Folio Society, London, 1969. Folio Society edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth in publisher's slip-case. Cloth and case somewhat stained. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 165 p. : illus. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Suburban life � Fiction. Middle class � Fiction. Men � England � Fiction.

London : Folio Society, 1979. 6th Impression. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 165p., illus. ; 23cm. Subjects: Suburban life -- Fiction.

London: The Folio Society, 1969. narrow 8vo. pp. 165. text illus. cloth. slipcase. Fine copy. dola2581

1969. London, The Folio Society, 1969. 12 cm x 22 cm. 165 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover with slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding. "Some things written to amuse do, however, last. The Diary of a Nobody has lasted. It was the work of two brothers, George and Weedon Grossmith. George, best-known in his time as a star of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, did most of the writing, Weedon the illustrations. The Diary was first published in instalments in Punch in 1888, and didn’t appear in book form for another three years. It started as a spoof, mocking the proliferation of diaries and memoirs. Punch had already published spoof diaries of a pessimist, a dyspeptic, a duffer and an MP. Everybody who was Anybody was publishing diaries, so why shouldn’t a Nobody? The Nobody is Mr Pooter, a clerk in the City. He lives with his wife Carrie in a six-roomed house, “not counting basement”, in Holloway. They have a maidservant,… Ler mais