Description

Bound in the original dark green cloth with dark green endpapers, this second edition of contains an engraved title dated 1863 and a printed title dated 1864. Illustrated with 40 steel engravings by Crowquill and 33 woodcuts. First published in 1839 by Reynolds, who himself was a popular novelist of the period, and riding the wave of Pickick popularity, the novel was reprinted several times. An exceptionally clean copy, the nicest we have seen to date. Podeschi H382, Sadleir 2038, Wolff 5777. Very Scarce.