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The Spendthrift. A Tale by Ainsworth, William Harrison - 1857

by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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The Spendthrift. A Tale by Ainsworth, William Harrison - 1857

The Spendthrift. A Tale

by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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George Routledge, 1857. FIRST EDITION 1857. Published by George Routledge. Very Good clean copy with no marks or inscriptions. (2), vi, 332pp. Illustrated with 8 plates, each with a tissue guard. Bookplate on front pastedown. Original blind & gilt stamped blue cloth. Corners bumped with a little rubbing but quite bright and unfaded with gilt lettering clear and bright.
  • Bookseller Hibernia Books GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher George Routledge
  • Date Published 1857

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The Spendthrift a Tale

by William Harrison Ainsworth

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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First edition
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London: George Routledge and Co, 1857. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Hablot K. Browne. The first edition of William Ainsworth's novel 'The Spendthrift', illustrated by 'Phiz', otherwise known at Hablot K. Browne. The first edition of this work. 'The Spendthrift' is a novel following the lives of four people, all entangled in complicated romantic feelings, with the morality of money hanging over them. Depsite being a prolific author, William Harrison Ainsworth has been largely forgotten after his death. His novel 'Rookwood', featuring the highway man Dick Turpin, gave him a his first success as a writer, and he went on to right thirty-nine novels. Some of his other novels include 'The Tower of London', 'The Lancashire Witches', 'The Constable de Bourbon', 'Boscobel', and 'Preston Fight'. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne, who is also known widely as 'Phiz', the illustrator of many of Charles Dickens' novels. With a frontispiece and a further seven plates throughout.… Read More
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