BRITISH NOVELIST: VOLUME 11 COMPRISING 13 ROMANCES, SHORT STORIES, SKETCHES & BIOGRAPHIES

Published by J. Limbird, London,, 1835

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First Edition Thus. Hardback. Large, heavy 8vo.pp.720. Collection of 5 romances, sketches, short stories, & biographies: Volume 11 of a handsome series titled 'British Novelist.' Authors include Samuel Johnson (with a Frontispiece portrait engraving of Johnson;) Madame Cottin; Mrs. Sherida; Col. David Crockett (Sketches and Eccentricities;) and Horace Walpole (A Gothic Story.) The individual pieces were first published by Limbird between 1824-1835 in a weekly gazette. "Embellished with numerous engravings on wood:" b/w engravings in the romantic style of the period illustrate the text, with seven being hand-coloured by an enthusiastic reader. Original publisher's binding in half dark brown polished calf with banded and gilt spine; contrasting red labels; marbled sides and endpapers. /John Limbird (b.1796) was an English stationer, bookseller and publisher. From 1822 to 1847 Limbird published a twopenny weekly, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Late in 1847 it became the Mirror Monthly Magazine; and from 1849 to 1850 appeared finally as the London Review. Sound. Clean, very good. Slight rubbing of covers. Front board slightly loose at inner hinge.…

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Title
BRITISH NOVELIST: VOLUME 11 COMPRISING 13 ROMANCES, SHORT STORIES, SKETCHES & BIOGRAPHIES
Author
SAMUEL JOHSON, Various Authors &.
Publisher
J. Limbird, London,
Publication year
1835
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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