The course of true love never did run smooth

by Charles Reade

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Richard Bentley, 1857. First edition, 8vo, pp. 269, 1 ; original pictorial lithographed paper-covered boards after a design by Alfred Crowquill, spine stamped in black with two floral decorated paper labels; binding a bit discolored and rubbed, front free endpaper discolored, otherwise a very good, attractive copy, with a spine design distinctly different than that shown on plate 25 in Sadlier. Parrish, page 194; Sadleir 2001; Wolff 5705 in a blue

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