Penelope Wedgbone, the Supposed Heiress

by Lieutenant-Colonel J. J Hort, or Richard

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. 8 handcolored plates by Alfred Ashley. 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original rose cloth, covers framed in blind with gilt lozenge of officer on horseback on upper cover, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Some spotting and discoloration of cloth, without the two inserted leaves of publisher's advertisements mentioned by Wolff, else a very good copy with the bookplate of James George Robarts. Sadleir 1223; Wolff 3294. Item #16916

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