Bon-Mots Of Sydney Smith & R. B. Sheridan.

Bon-Mots of Sydney Smith and R. Brinsley Sheridan. Edited by Walter Jerrold, with Grotesques by Aubrey Beardsley. Published by J.M.Dent & Company, London, 1894, 3rd edition. 16mo (approx 5 ½” H x 3 ½” W). 192pp. No dust jacket. Cream boards with title in gilt and line drawn illustration in brown. Gilt upper edge. Patterned pastedowns. Tissue guarded frontispiece of Sydney Smith. Numerous illustrations by Beardsley in black ink throughout. Boards & spine lightly marked; Slight lean; Occasional very light foxing to pages; One loosening gathering; Faded ink ticks (4) on aknowledgement prelim page, apart from this no other marks or annotations. Book condition very good. A lovely little book and of real interest to Beardsley collectors.