Rattlebrain — Sir Guy de Guy
London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A first edition verse romance by the curious author named "Rattlebrain" Illustrated frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout by Hablot Knight Browne the English artist, famous as Phiz, who illustrated the of books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth. Rattlebrain was the pseudonym for George Halse, a sculptor, novelist and poet. The tale tells of how a Briton drilled for his fatherland; won an heiress, got a pedigree; and caught the Rheumatism. In a cloth binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed with marks to boards and bumping to head and tail of spine. Ink inscription to front free end-paper dated to 1865. Internally, generally firmly bound with light foxing to pages throughout. Good . Ill.: Hablot Knight Browne. Good .
