Author: [Marsh, Anne; and Kingsley, Charles].
Title: The Triumphs of Time. The Previsions of Lady Evelyn; with the Conclusion. By the Author of "Two Old Men's Tales," "Emilia Wyndham," &C. [Together with]: Yeast: A Problem. By the Author of Alton Locke. Copyright Edition. [2 Books Bound in One Volume].
Description: London / Leipzig: Simms and M'Intyre / Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun. 1849 & 1851. 1849 & 1851. INCLUDES THE FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION OF CHARLES KINGSLEY'S FIRST NOVEL - Octodecimo (18mo), 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, two books bound in three-quarter dark brown leather & cloth by Rollinger, titled in gilt with raised bands on the spine. The covers & leather are rubbed & scuffed. 348 pages bound in with the floral-decorated series title for "The Parlour Library XXVI. The Triumphs of Time by the Author of 'Two Old Men's Tales,' &c."; and x & 337 pages with the series title: "Collection of British Authors. Vol. CCVII. Yeast by the Author of Alton Locke. In One Volume." There is some scattered foxing & staining throughout. Very good.

First edition of the Third part of the first work.

Parts 1 and 2 of "The Previsions of Lady Evelyn" by novelist Anne Marsh [1791-1874] were first published in 1844 as part of "The Triumphs of Time". The third and concluding part was published here (in 1849) for the first time. [See Wolff #4557].

The first Continental edition of Yeast, the first novel by Charles Kingsley, was published in the same year as the first English edition. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; NOVELS; FICTION; ANNE MARSH; CHARLES KINGSLEY; BRITISH NOVELISTS; THE PREVISIONS OF LADY EVELYN; YEAST; FIRST NOVEL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LEATHER; COPYRIGHT EDITION; TAUCHNITZ; PARLOUR LIBRARY.

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