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[Frederic Condé Williams]
| Title | The Terrible Tale of a Lion (from Victor Hugo) With other Paraphrases and Poems. Chiefly about Childhood and Children by a Colonial Judge. |
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| Publisher | Birmingham Martin Billing |
| Date | 1900 |
| Book ID | 37237 |
Description
Not dated. Inscribed 1900. Original paper covered boards printed in red and black. Landscape format, 14x11cm., one copy in COPAC. Internally very clean and tight. Stain and a few tears to upper board. Published for Private Circulation.
Used; Very Good
Collection of stories adapted from the French with poems by Frederic Condé Williams (author of 'Journalistic Jumbles or Trippings in Type'). F. Condé Williams, a vicar's son from Sheffield, made a career in journalism and law. He later became a judge in the Colonial service (Mauritius and Jamaica).
Author's presentation copy to Mrs Cornbridge.
