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Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Clean text; age toned; light foxing; edges worn; gilt on spine; spine splitting; Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Phiz (illustrator). First. Illustrated by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) with numerous b/w plates and in-text figures. viii, 232 pages. 32mo, handsomely bound by Worsfold in full brown polished calf with ornate gilt-decorated spine; wide dentelles and marbled endpapers (front joint repaired and small chip at head, else near fine). London: printed by Bradbury and Evans for Wm. S. Orr and Co. & Dublin: William Curry, 1845. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this rather scarce book "A novel written by Charles James Lever and published in 1845. The story takes place in Dublin, Ireland, and follows the lives of two young men, Harry Lorrequer and his friend, Tom Burke. Harry is a wealthy and privileged young man who has recently returned from military service in India, while Tom is a struggling artist who dreams of making it big in the world of art. The novel is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the upper classes of Dublin society.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 39 volumes, 6 - 9 inches tall. Remarkable and very attractive turquoise half morocco bindings by Riviere with very ornate gilt tooling to the panels and gilt top edges. Many are finely illustrated by Hablot K. Browne 'Phiz'. There are some bumped corners, a little rubbing and the odd mark but no splitting or loss. With the bookplate of C. H. Waterland Mander. All the titles are first editions excepting 'A Day's Ride' "Second edition" but first published separately, and all are complete excepting 'Tony Butler' which lacks the third volume. A splendid collection of this great Irish novelist who in his day rivaled Dickens in popularity. Some titles are particularly rare, including 'A Rent in a Cloud', which is "not in Sadleir: "It has been impossible to locate a copy ".