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The Spendthrift:

AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Spendthrift: a tale. With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. Tall 8vo. George Routledge & Co. 1857
Half title, front. & 7 plates by Phiz, with some foxing. Original royal-blue ripple-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine decorated & lettered in gilt; careful repairs to head & tail of spine, slight wear, but a good-plus copy. Armorial bookplate of J.Q. Loring; bookplate of James H. Graff, Baltimore.

¶Sadleir 29; Wolff 73; Locke p.40. Sadleir's copy is in original yellow printed boards and his note reports copies in red, blue & green cloth. The gilt decoration is by John Leighton, signed J.L. near tail of spine. An historical novel set in the eighteenth century.
Stock #84608
£150


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