Boston: Little, Brown, 1901. The works of Irish author Charles Lever (1806-1872) rivaled Dickens and Thackeray for popularity in the 19th Century. These are Near Fine copies of the First Edition Thus. Nicely bound in turquoise blue cloth with gilt lettering. Titled on the spine as "Novels of Adventure." Illustrations by "Phiz." Clean texts; 397 pages and 407 pages. Just mildly bumped and with hints of rubbing to the margins of the spine, else Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Brown).

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002346
Title: Roland Cashel (Two Volumes)
Author: Lever, Charles
Illustrator: "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Brown)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Little, Brown
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1901
Bookseller catalogs: Irish Literature;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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