Ainsworth, William Harrison Et Al (3 results)

First edition. Small slim 8vo. Portrait frontis. + 3 plates. Original printed paper covered bds. Green linen backstrip, corners worn. Hinge visible but sound. VG.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Hablot K. Browne; John Franklin; John Gilbert; George Cruickshank; et al. (illustrator). A collection complete in sixteen volumes of the original illustrated edition of the works of William Harrison Ainsworth. A collection complete in sixteen uniformly bound volumes of the works of William Harrison Ainsworth, the Routledge original illustrated edition. Ainsworth was an English historical novelist in the nineteenth century, starting his career as a lawyer, before turning his attentions to the literary life. He tried a career in publishing before he found his passion for journalism and literature.An undated set, dated from the copies held in institutional libraries on Jisc c1874-98. Each copy is illustrated with a frontispiece in addition to the full page plates collated below.The present collection is comprised of:'Mervyn Clitheroe' with an illustrated title page and twenty-two full page plates by Hablot K. Browne. Collated, complete;'Old Saint Paul: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire' with an illustrated title page and twenty full page plates by John Franklin and H K Browne. Collated, complete;'The Spendthrift A Tale, with seven full page plates by H K Browne. Collated, complete;'The Flitch of Bacon' with eleven full page plates by Sir John Gilbert. Collated, complete;'Guy Fawkes' with twenty-one full page plates by George Cruickshank. Collated, complete;'The Miser's Daughter' with nineteen full page plates by George Cruickshank. Collated, complete;'Crichton' with an illustrated title page and sixteen full page plates by H K Browne. Collated, complete;'Ovingdean Grange' with seven full page plates by H K Browne. Collated, complete;'Windsor Castle' with fourteen full page plates by George Cruickshank and Tony Johannot and numerous wood engravings in text by W Alfred Delamotte; Lacking four full page plates to face p. 239; 290; 302; and 314;'The Star Chamber', previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. With seven full page plates by 'Phiz.' Collated, complete;'Auriol' with fourteen full page plates by H K Browne. Collated, complete;'The Lancashire Witches' with nine full page plates by John Gilbert. Collated, lacking two plates;'Rookwood' with an illustrated title page and fifteen plates by George Cruickshank and John Gilbert. Collated, lacking two plates;'Jack Sheppard' with twenty six full page plates by George Cruikshank. Collated, complete;'Boscobel' with fifteen full page plates. Collated, complete;'The Tower of London' with numerous wood-engravings in text throughout and thirty nine full page plates by George Cruickshank. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with some chipping to the head and tail of the spine, occasional minor losses. The spine has slightly darkened. With Eric Johnson's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Minor loosening to the hinges of 'Spendthrift,' the binding is tender to 'Guy Fawkes,' and 'The Miser's Daughter' with the odd leaf loose, all leaves present. With minor offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Some leaves unopened, some opened with minor chipping to the edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece and illustrated title pages to each volume, as well as numerous full page plates to each volume. Very Good. book.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. 1900. 5-ribbed light brown leather spine and board tips, marbled boards, top page ends gold gilt, marbled endpapers. Moderate general wear. Occasional foxing. Contents: Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Crichton, Flitch of Bacon, The Star Chamber, Boscobel, Ovingdean Grange, Mervyn Clitheroe, Spendthrift, Miser's Daughter, Guy Fawkes, Rookwood, Jack Sheppard, Lancaster Witches, Auriol, Old Saint Paul's. RBR24.