(DICKENS, Charles) [Pickwick Papers] The Library of Romance, a collection of tales and romances: by Scott, Southey, Moore, Mrs. Hall, Boz, Sheridan Knowles, Mrs. Hemans, James, Roscoe, Wordsworth, &c. T. Noble. 1845
Engr. front. ('Jeune Suissesse' after Colin) & plates. In gift-book binding, orig. olive green diagonal-grained cloth, spine blocked & lettered in gilt, front board with central monogram in gilt; spine faded & a little worn at head & tail. a.e.g.
¶Contains 'An Actor's Death', pp360-367, pirated from The Pickwick Papers. It originally appeared in Part II of the novel, issued in April 1836, under the title 'The Stroller's Tale'. Other contributors to The Library of Romance include Strickland, Leigh Hunt, Goethe ('The Skeleton Dance' and 'The Erl-King'), Bulwer ('A manuscript found in a mad-house'), and Mary Shelley (the supernatural short story 'Transformation'). A scarce stereotyped reissue, with new preliminary leaves, of an anthology first published in 1836 by Richard Carlile. Not in BL.
Stock #14903
£50
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
