FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION: Lady Audley's Secret by Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915) - 1862

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1832. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition (published 1832-38), octavo, three volumes; xii, 388; 409; 509pp. In contemporary half calf (lightly worn), spines divided into five compartments with gilt rolls and double fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively. Early ownership labels to front endpapers, neat early ink ownership names to head of each title page, early pencil ownership inscription to opening blank of volume three, half-titles present in all three volumes. Clean attractive copy in first edition of Warren's often macabre tales that have received considerable scholarly attention as a source for Edgar Allan Poe's works of mystery and the supernatural.

London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK… Read More

London: London: printed for J. Johnson, 1799. Half leather. Very Good. Three volumes complete, second edition, octavo; xlviii, 436; viii, 440; x, 458pp. In contemporary half calf over salmon marbled boards (lightly worn with very minor loss to extremities), flat spines divided by double gil fillets into six compartments, gilt lettered black spine labels to second compartment, gilt volume number direct to spine in fourth compartment, early ink inscription to front pastedowns (bequeathing the set to one John Hyhatt, 1824), a few unobtrusive very light stains and spots to opening and closing leaves. A clean and attractive example of this uncommon complete set. ESTC N37556 citing just three institutional locations, 1 x UK (National Library of Wales) and 2 x US (McMaster University and Union Theological Seminary).

Birmingham: Birmingham: printed by J. Thompson, 1791. Full leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo; not paginated (approx 400pp). In contemporary full calf (lightly worn), single gilt rolls to board margins, flat spine divided by gilt double fillets into six compartments, gilt lettered red leather title label to second compartment, marbled endpapers, unobtrusive light spotting to opening and closing leaves and very occasional feint staining,overall a clean and attractive copy complete with engraved frontispiece. A rare edition; ESTC T94967, listing just four institutional holdings all in the UK.

London: London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1835. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; lxxi, 267; xi, 372pp, complete with engraved frontispiece to each volume and closing index to volume 2. In original uniform full leather panelled bindings (worn with minor loss to extremities, front hinge to volume2 weak), gilt and blind panelling to boards, four gilt tooled raised spine bands between gilt fillets, gilt titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, gilt board edges and inner dentelles, original marbled endpapers, early ink ownership name to head of volume 1 title page, light foxing to opening and closing leaves of each volume, a very presentable set in original bindings of this collection in first edition.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1832. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition (published 1832-38), octavo, three volumes; xii, 388; 409; 509pp. In contemporary half calf (lightly worn), spines divided into five compartments with gilt rolls and double fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively. Early ownership labels to front endpapers, neat early ink ownership names to head of each title page, early pencil ownership inscription to opening blank of volume three, half-titles present in all three volumes. Clean attractive copy in first edition of Warren's often macabre tales that have received considerable scholarly attention as a source for Edgar Allan Poe's works of mystery and the supernatural.

London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK… Read More

London: London: printed for J. Johnson, 1799. Half leather. Very Good. Three volumes complete, second edition, octavo; xlviii, 436; viii, 440; x, 458pp. In contemporary half calf over salmon marbled boards (lightly worn with very minor loss to extremities), flat spines divided by double gil fillets into six compartments, gilt lettered black spine labels to second compartment, gilt volume number direct to spine in fourth compartment, early ink inscription to front pastedowns (bequeathing the set to one John Hyhatt, 1824), a few unobtrusive very light stains and spots to opening and closing leaves. A clean and attractive example of this uncommon complete set. ESTC N37556 citing just three institutional locations, 1 x UK (National Library of Wales) and 2 x US (McMaster University and Union Theological Seminary).

Birmingham: Birmingham: printed by J. Thompson, 1791. Full leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo; not paginated (approx 400pp). In contemporary full calf (lightly worn), single gilt rolls to board margins, flat spine divided by gilt double fillets into six compartments, gilt lettered red leather title label to second compartment, marbled endpapers, unobtrusive light spotting to opening and closing leaves and very occasional feint staining,overall a clean and attractive copy complete with engraved frontispiece. A rare edition; ESTC T94967, listing just four institutional holdings all in the UK.

London: London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1835. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; lxxi, 267; xi, 372pp, complete with engraved frontispiece to each volume and closing index to volume 2. In original uniform full leather panelled bindings (worn with minor loss to extremities, front hinge to volume2 weak), gilt and blind panelling to boards, four gilt tooled raised spine bands between gilt fillets, gilt titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, gilt board edges and inner dentelles, original marbled endpapers, early ink ownership name to head of volume 1 title page, light foxing to opening and closing leaves of each volume, a very presentable set in original bindings of this collection in first edition.