AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Old Saint Paul's: A tale of the plague and the fire. Tall 8vo. G. Routledge and Co. 1855
Half title, front. & 20 illus. by John Franklin and H.K. Browne, engr. title. Original blue pebble-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine lettered & decorated in gilt. viii, 426pp.
¶See Sadleir 24, Wolff 64 & Locke p.21 for the first published edition in 3 volumes, 1841; Wolff 64a is the 'Printed for Private Circulation' version printed from the Sunday Times setting, post-dated 1842 & recorded in one copy at Texas. Pencil ownership inscr. of Caroline Shakspeare, 1859.
Stock #84606
£110
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