Author: D'ACHE, CARAN; HON. FRANCES WOLSELEY (DESCRIPTIVE TEXT)
Title: The Story of Marlborough, Told in Fifty-Two Pictures (Marlborough, a Humorous Picture Book)
Description: London, H. Grevel & Co. First Edition. quarter-cloth-pictorial boards, 11" x 8.5". no date, c. 1890. Caran d'Ache, the pseudonym of Emmanuel Poiré, a satirist and illustrator, who some credit with creating the first comic book. Marlborough, 17th-century Duke and soldier, christened John Churchill. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards; duotone or full-color illustrations all bright. Several pages with soil marks at the edges. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Caran D'Ache Wolseley Marlborough a Humorous Picture Book


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