Conscript Tales, First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Uncredited (illustrator). First ( No Additional printings). Original brown cloth decorated in brown and blue florals with gilt title on boards. Prize presentation plate from Greenock Academy awarded to Robert N. MacCunn, June, 1889. Robert ( born 1877 and died 1938) was a brother to Hamish MacCunn, a well-known classical musician. Tiny bookseller label from F. Logan, Stationer, Greenock. Twenty-two tales from Scotland. 256 pp. Negligible spine and corner tip wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

1st Edition. First edition of the first title; later reprints of the other works. Bound without half titles. [3]-288; [ii]-viii, 280; [3]-400; [3]-384 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Uncommon novel by Lady Lyons, Sir Philip Hetherington; bound with reprints of works by novelist T.C. Grattan (1792-1864), High-Ways and By-Ways (originally published in 1823) and Agnes de Mansfelt (first published in 1835); The Cagot's Hut and the Conscript's Bride is its first appearance with this title but it seems to be a reprint of part of the third Series of High-Ways and By-Ways (1827). Published as nos. 54, 7, 69, and 82 in the Parlour Library series (see Sadleir under 3755a for his description of this "revolution in cheap-novel publishing . an achievement unique in the history of the nineteenth-century book trade"). Sadleir 3755a. Sir Philip Hetherington: Wolff 4228, OCLC 22969937. The Cagot's Hut: Sadleir 1059, OCLC 35756762, not in Wolff Nineteenth century half green morocco, rebacked preserving spine. Very good plus Bound without half titles. [3]-288; [ii]-viii, 280; [3]-400; [3]-384 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo First edition of the first title; later reprints of the other works.