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London: Longman Green, Longman and Roberts, 1863. . 8vo, royal blue textured publisher's cloth, gilt on front cover and spine; spine somewhat darkened; some wear to extremities and over hinges. Samuel Robert Graves (1818 Ð1873) was an Irish-born businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool from 1865-1873. He was mayor of that city in 1861Graves… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd and London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1831. . 12mo, brown cloth; paper label on spine (a little rubbed); uncut and partially unopened A handsome little volume; No. 4 in the "Edinburgh Cabinet Library" series

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. . 12mo, full calf, expertly rebacked many years ago. One of several London editions, no priority established.The Dedication is signed by W. Fraser who stated that he translated the narrative from a manuscript of the Marquis de Salvo. Mrs. Constance Spencer Smith was one of the daughters of Baron Herbert (for many years… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1871. . 8vo, tan cloth, covers stamped in black; spine gilt, some wear on outer hinges, over corners and extremities of spine; contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper and same owner's visiting-card on front pastedown. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

London: John Murray, 1859. . Large 8vo, full morocco, gilt with gilt coats-of-arms on both covers, expertly rehinged, a.e.g., modern bookplate on front pastedown; first few leaves foxed The foot of the spine has the emblem of the House of Lords and the head has a coronet surmounted by a rose

London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1878. . 12mo, dark brown blind stamped cloth; slight wear to head and tail of spine and corners; ballpoint ownership signature on front free endpaper FIRST & ONLY EDITION. Freeeman & Wertheimer 57, in a brown binding not recorded by them