Anonymous John L Adolphus (3 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1822 Rodwell & Martin Second calf leather bound edition worn at spine cover.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. No DW. 1st Edition. Very clean tight text with a few pages a bit browned (224-234) otherwise only light scattered spotting. All edges lightly marbled. Professionally rebound recently (in an old style) in quarter leather over marbled boards with burgundy title label. Binding as new. New endpapers etc. A very presentable item.…

First edition. 8vo. 210mm x 135mm x 20mm. pp. 255/[1p. - Colophon London: Printed By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars.] . Contemporary quarter green cloth over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Hinges cracked, but boards firmly attached. Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Ed. Wilding". Half title present. Clear English text. Sporadic foxing throughout. G+ ** "This work was published anonymously by John Leycester Adolphus (1795-1862), an English lawyer and author. He discusses the authorship of the then anonymous Waverley novels, and concludes that they were written by Sir Walter Scott, based on the resemblance of the novels in general style and method to the poems acknowledged by Scott. Scott thought at first that the letters were written by Reginald Heber - the great bookcollector, later to become bishop of Calcutta, who had earlier postulated that Scott was the author - and the discovery of J. L. Adolphus's identity led to a warm friendship.". …