Author: FIELDING HENRY
Title: The History of Amelia. With Illustrations by George Cruickshank. IN THE ORIGINAL SILK MOIRE BOARDS
Description: James Cochrane,, 1832. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and 6 plates; original silk moire boards, backstrips with labels printed in gilt, uncut, expertly recased, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, fresh copy. Complete with printed series titles [The Novelist's Library vols. VIII and IX] and series prospectus bound in at front. Published as vols. VIII and IX in Thomas Roscoe's 'Novelists's Library'. A lovely copy in minimally restored publisher's binding. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE CRUIKSHANK ILUSTRATIONS COMMISSIONED BY ROSCOE FOR THIS SERIES IN 1831. See Evans pp.77-79. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL (AND FRAGILE) SERIES BINDING ARE SCARCE.

Keywords: literature, henry fielding, george cruickshank, thomas roscoe, amelia, the, history, amelia


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