A Life's Assize

Riddell, Mrs J. H [AKA Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell(née Cowan)]

Published by London Hutchinson & Co. 1895, 1895

Reprint. 393 pages + 1 of ads. Undated but circa 1895 based on the format and titles mentioned in the ads. The book is reasonably firmly bound in the publisher's patterned red cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine, the extremities are rubbed and bumped and the boards are slightly marked, with minor tears to the cloth, the spine is slightly cocked. The text block is slightly toned, foxed and marked with some dog-eared page corners, the gutters are cracked and there is minor cracking at points throughout, there is a small bookseller's blind-stamp to the front endpaper, a small pencil doodle of a bell to the rear blank, the top corner of the title page has been cut off, presumably to remove an unwanted ownership inscription, and the cutter has been slightly over-enthusiastic and partially sliced into the following two pages. A novel of crime and punishment, in which a man's course in life is set by a dramatic act of murder that returns to haunt him and thwart his progress, until he eventually finds redemption in death. Seller Inventory # 6531

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Life's Assize
Publisher: London Hutchinson & Co. 1895
Publication Date: 1895