Author: Lever, Charles (1806-1872) (Phiz illustrations)
Title: OUR MESS Vol.I JACK HINTON, The GUARDSMAN
Description: Dublin, William Curry Jun. & Co. 1st edition 1843 Steel Plates (27 including portrait of Lever) by Phiz. . Volume I complete in itself but further adventures of Our Mess are recounted in TOM BURKE (qv). Octavo half calf, gilt spine in compartments with 4 foliated corners and central design to each (tips bit worn/slight scuffing/rubbing/Lower board bowed) x+[4]+396pp. *Sold as a Binding - looks very handsome on the shelf but the plates are heavily foxed (as frequently) and a few pages and plate at the end are stained but legible. The rest of the text is almost entirely white. Reading copy in a handsome binding.

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