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Saint James's; Saint James's;

AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Saint James's; or, The Court of Queen Anne. An historical romance. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. John Mortimer. 1844
Fronts, plates by George Cruikshank; tissue guards torn & creased. Orig. drab boards, neatly rebacked with new labels, faded; spines & boards unevenly faded. Bookplate of Eric S. Quayle on leading pastedown, vol. I; presentation inscription from the publisher to William Hay Leith in ink on titlepage of all vols.

¶Locke p.28; not in Sadleir; Wolff 68. Appears in Sadleir's list of comparative Ainsworth scarcities. First serialized in Ainsworth's Magazine in the same year, with fourteen plates (only nine appear in the three-decker). According to Sutherland, the novels published after this show a decline in Ainsworth's writing.
Stock #75736
£250


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