Vol. 1.

Title: THE | LIFE AND ADVENTURES | OF | George Augustus Sala | WRITTEN BY HIMSELF | In Two Volumes | VOL. I. | (WITH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR) | CASSEL AND COMPANY, Limited | LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE | 1895 | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ||

Pagination: frontispiece portrait of Sala by Boussod, Valadon & Cie. w/guard tissue, [i, ii] – t.p./blank, [iii, iv] – dedication/blank, [v]-x – preface, [xi]-xvi – content, [1] 2-442, [16] advert.

Collation: A-Z8 AA-BB8 CC5 [Advert.]8.

Vol. 2. 

Title: THE | LIFE AND ADVENTURES | OF | George Augustus Sala | WRITTEN BY HIMSELF | In Two Volumes | VOL. II. | (WITH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHORS MOTHER) | CASSEL AND COMPANY, Limited | LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE | 1895 | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ||

Pagination: frontispiece portrait of Sal’s mother w/guard tissue, [i, ii] – t.p. / blank, [iii] iv-viii – content, [1] 2-457-[460], [16] advert.

Collation: A-Z8 aa-cc8 dd6 [Advert.]8.

Binding: two volumes in uniform green publisher’s pebbled buckram, gilt lettering to spine, contemporary newspaper clippings to front and back pastedowns, vol. 2 uncut.

Note: George Augustus Sala's mother was an actress Henrietta Simon Sala, known as Madame Sala, (Guyanese, British, 1789 – 1860). Here she is depicted by an engraver Thomas Alfred Woolnoth (British, 1785 – 1857) after a portrait painted by Rose Emma Drummond (British, fl. 1820 – 1840).

Additional Information

Collection Library
Type / Purpose Book
Country Great Britain
Period Late 19th century
Language English
Subject 19th century , Autobiography , Biography , Europe , History , Memoirs , Politics
Media/Technique Paper
Creation / Publishing year 1895
Binding Buckram , Hardcover
Edition 1st edition
Size 23 x 15 cm , 8vo
Acquisition year 2021

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