The tower of London : a historical romance
1840, First Edition. London : Richard Bentley. Good copy in gilt-blocked brown cloth, rather improperly (but securely) rebacked and with the original spine cover laid in. Covers lightly scuffed and dust-dulled, with corners bumped. Contemporary reader inscription (1841) to front free endpaper. Some internal foxing and dust-dulling to the preliminary and final leaves, as well as to plates and their facing text leaves. The text remains otherwise tight and clean on the whole. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #465516
Physical description; xvi, 439 pages, 40 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; First collected edition; previously published in 13 monthly installments. First edition in one volume. Includes forty etchings on steel and fifty-eight woodcuts by George Cruikshank. Illustrated title page. Includes index. Subjects; Tower of London. Grey, Lady Jane. Historical romance. 16th century. Tudor period. Fiction. English literature. 19th century. Illustrated. Etchings. Woodcuts.
Price: €60.00