Berdmore, Septimus A scratch team of essays London 1883
Berdmore, Septimus. A scratch team of essays never before put together. Being reprints from the Quarterly and Westminster Reviews, on, The Kitchen and the Cellar. -- Q. R. 1877. Thackeray. -- W. R. 1864. Russia. -- W. R. 1867. Carriages, Roads, and Coaches. -- Q. R. 1877. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1883. vi(2), 255(1) pp. + an erratum slip, and a 12-page advertising section at the end. 8vo, original blue-grey pictorial cloth. First edition. The longest piece here is the first one, on food and wine; the notice of Thackeray appeared shortly after the novelist's death. Berdmore published a fair amount of journalism under the pseudonym "Nimshivich;" he also wrote a three-decker novel, and another novel in two volumes. A fine copy of a very scarce title; the ads at the end are for wine, carriages, confectionery, etc.
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