Pendennis Pseud (4 results)

First edition, viii, 167, [1 blank]pp., orig. boards, cloth spine defective at foot, upper joint split, morocco title label, uncut. The Rev. Duke John Young (1809-1846) Curate of All Saints', Little Bolton, but died young from a shotgun wound. This was his chief work, but he also wrote several songs and was a translator of the classical poets.

Two volumes. viii, 380 pp; viii, 375, [1, blank] pp. Illustrations on steel and wood by Richard Doyle. 22 plates per volume, plus a frontispiece and title vignette; additional intratextual illustrations throughout. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" Spines moderately sunned; light general wear to extremities, with notable bumping to upper corner of Vol II front board; foxing to beginning and end leaves, and occasionally throughout; occasional faint offsetting from plates. Vol I spine slightly cocked and rear hinge nearly split, though mull is intact and binding is still secure; Vol II lacking the front tissue guard. A solid VG set. Original publisher's blue-green cloth blocked in blind, with gilt lettering stamped to spines and yellow endpapers printed in black First book edition [Wolff 6696a; Sultan Stork p 246; NCBEL Vol 3, p 858].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. two volumes, original cloth, spines bumped dulled and a trifle chipped, spine supported volume I, corners a trifle rubbed, illustrated by Richard Doyle (scattered spotting to plates as usual), advertisement endpapers, good. first edition; 380 and 375 pages; keywords: fiction;

FIRST EDITION. Uncut & partially unopened in orig. pale blue boards, paper label sl. rubbed; sl. mark on front board. v.g. Four copies on Copac: BL, Oxford, Cambridge, Exeter. Part I contains original poetry, Part II translations from Greek & Latin. The Rev. Yonge, 1809-1849, was Charlotte Yonge's uncle.