1886 Smith's Adventures of Mr. Ledbury : John Leech : Edwin A Dawes : Magician

The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury

By Albert Smith

Illustrations by John Leech

Published by Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1886. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo,pp viii, 503. Illustrated by Leech.

With the bookplate of Edwin Alfred Dawes to the inside front board

CONDITION
A very good clean copy throughout. Cloth binding very good. Hinges secure with no cracking. All contents present and pages clean throughout. Overall very good.

Edwin Alfred Dawes (6 July 1925 – 3 March 2023) was a British biochemist and magician from Yorkshire. As a biochemist, he authored two textbooks and was the long-term and founding head of the Biochemistry department at the University of Hull, where he led its research into bioplastics. As a magician, he was an internationally recognised authority on the history of magic.

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