Nineteenth Century Fiction from Greystone Books

London: George Routledge and Sons VG. Nineteenth Century Edition. Not Dated, (circa 1870). No d/w, now protected in a clear, non-adhesive, detachable, acetate d/w. 515pp. A nineteenth century military novel, two-volumes in one, concerning the Peninsular War. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, 'The Romance of War'/Author's Edition'. Spotting to all edges, spotting to paste-downs, endpapers and title-page, light… Read more about this item

New York, NY, USA: Funk & Wagnalls, 1892. VG. First Edition, First Printing. No d/w. Mabel Wagnalls (1869-1946) was a novelist and concert pianist, the only child of Adam, and his wife Anna, co-founder of the publishing company Funk & Wagnalls. Top-edge gilt. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece and three other illustrations. A musical novel, which includes a duel. Spine… Read more about this item

London.: Chapman & Hall, 1872. VG+. 1872 British new edition. Original half leather green morocco binding; gilt decotations on the spine with decorated raised bands, lettered gilt on the spine. Marbled edges. Illustrated with an engraved frontispece, title and 38 plates by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). A novel by the nineteenth century Irish writer Charles Lever, (1806-72), of nineteenth century… Read more about this item