The Children Of The Abbey by Roche, Regina Maria - 1826

Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, n.d. (between 1867-1895). Acceptable. 646 p., clean and unmarked except for name of former owner on front end paper; paper age-toned but strong; very fine engravings by F.O.C. Darley; frontis. has tissue guard; green boards with carved bird and floral ornamentation, slightly rubbed and bumped; clear gilt writing; badly damaged spine. Rebinding with the same boards would make this a beautiful book. It is a 19th c. reprint of a late 18th c. best-seller mentioned in Jane Austen's Emma, and the type of romance satirized in Northanger Abbey. It's actually an entertaining if preposterous yarn, with an over-the-top villain who has cheated a brother and sister of their inheritance, lovers who are repeatedly separated, perpetual peril, characters with names like "Lord Mortimer" and "Lady Euphrasia." Who could resist?

New York: Hurst & Company. Fair in Good+ dust jacket; to No Cover, Spine Strip Partially Torn. Paperback. 585 pages .

Porter & Coates, 1873. Hard Cover. Used:Good. Good. No Dust Jacket. Pages Show Tanning And Some Spots, Frontispiece Tissue Present, 1874 Gift Inscription On Flyleaf. Green Decorative Boards Show Shelfwear, Spine Fraying, Corner Bumps. Not A Bad Looking Book For It'S Age . 646 P. Includes Illustratio

M. A. Donohue & Co./Chicago, undated. Hardcover. Very Good. 585 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: VG- (pages browned)/na (as issued). Illustrated boards, incl. back. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.

Some foxing throughout the text. Binding has smudges front and back and wear at the top and bottom spine. Previous owners' names on the front free end paper and stamped on the bottom of the text block.

NY: Hurst. G. nd (ca 1888). Arlington Ed. An early Gothic horrow story by one of Ann Radcliffe's rivals. Red black embossed binding, gilt title box on spine. . Pages tanned, damp stain on fore-edge, owner name ft endpaper. .

The American News Company, 1910 Book is in fair condition with all pages clean and solid. The boards have extensive wear and the spine is loos and worn on the outside.. A for4mer owner's stamps are on the front end page circa 1900-1910. Still has a tissue over the frontispiece of a girl in a cemetary. Story is about life in an Abbey in England in the 1800s and what she encounters.. Pictorial Cover/Hardbound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Major Publisher.

Book. Hardcover. 1981 VERY GOOD HARDCOVER AND PRICE CLIPPED JACKET-GREAT COPY!!.

Porter & Coates, 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In green cloth decorated in black and gilt. Light wear to cloth at spine ends. .

PHILadelphia: PORTER AND COATES. ALTA EDITION. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. 646 PAGES-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD. f o c DARLEY. 646 PAGES-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD With a second (engraved) t.p.