Catalogue 187
Novels 1748-1925
ADELER, Max (Charles H. Clark). Out of the Hurly Burly. Author’s edn.
W. Lock. [c.1885?]
400 illus. by Arthur B. Frost, &c. ‘Yellowback’, orig. printed boards. Some rubbing/darkening to boards and spine, wear to hinges, but in good condition. Library label of Kitchener House (a club for wounded sailors and soldiers) on titlepage.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Boscobel: or, The Royal Oak. A tale of the year 1651. New edn.
George Routledge & Sons. 1874
Front., plates. Ads on e.ps. Orig. light brown cloth, decorated & blocked in black & gilt; front. board sl. damp marked. Signature of H.P. Fane on leading pastedown.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Crichton. (New edn.)
George Routledge & Sons. (Octavo Novels Series.) [c.1880]
Front., additional engr. titlepage, plates by Hablot K. Browne. Orig. red cloth, decorated & lettered in black & gilt; sl. nick to head of spine, a little dulled. Signature of H.P. Fane on leading pastedown. A good plus copy.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Constable of the Tower. An historical romance. Illustrated by John Gilbert. 3 vols.
Chapman & Hall. 1861
Orig. red bead-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines decorated & lettered in gilt. Cloth a little dulled & rubbed. Good-plus. Frontispieces in all volumes, with two illustrations by Gilbert in vol. I, one in vol. II. 4pp W.H. Smith & Son catalogue (July 1 1861) inserted between leading free endpapers vol. I. Signature of H.P. Fane in vol. I; struck-through ownership inscriptions on free endpapers vols. II & III, both dated July 12th 1861, Southampton.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Flitch of Bacon: or, The Custom of Dunmow, a tale of English home. New edn.
George Routledge & Sons (Octavo Novels Series). [1874]
Front., plates by Sir John Gilbert, 8pp cata.; pp 232-233, leaves partly untrimmed with sl. crease to upper corner. Ads on e.ps. Orig. green pebble grained cloth, decorated & lettered in black & gilt; sl. rubbed. Signature of H.P. Fane on leading pastedown.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Lancashire Witches. A romance of Pendle Forest. 3rd edn.
George Routledge & Co. 1854
Front., plates by John Gilbert, 4pp ads. Orig. blue pebble grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; rebacked retaining orig. spine; sl. dulled, new e.ps. Book label of Ronald George Taylor.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Spendthrift. A tale. (New edn.)
George Routledge & Sons. (Octavo Novels Series.) [c.1885]
Front., plates by Hablot K. Browne. Ads on e.ps. Orig. light brown cloth, decorated & blocked in black & gilt; front. board sl. damp marked with a small nick to top edge. Signature of H.P. Fane on leading pastedown.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Star-Chamber: an historical romance. (2nd edn.)
G. Routledge & Co. 1857
Half title, front., plates by Phiz. Orig. pebble grained red cloth, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; a little dulled, later grey e.ps. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Dewhurst Lingard & his signature on half title. A good-plus copy.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Tower of London. A historical romance.
Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co. 1841
Some spotting. Contemp. half black calf, raised gilt bands, maroon morocco label; sl. rubbing to hinges.
(ANDERSEN, Hans Christian) Only a Fiddler! and O.T. or, Life in Denmark. Translated by Mary Howitt. 3 vols.
Richard Bentley. 1845
3 vols. in 1 in orig. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards blocked in blind; a little dusted & rubbed, repair to leading inner hinge. Inscribed: ‘C. Chichester Hall’ on title.