W. HARRISON AINSWORTH'S NOVELS The Original Edition with Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne, Sir John Gilbert and Other Artists in 16 Volumes.
George Routledge & Sons, 1895. Item #177964
16 vols. 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Rebound in contemporary uniform white buckram cloth, gilt lettered calf spine labels, top edges gilt (boards lightly tanned at edges - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with b&w plates (most with tissue-guards) and in text, by w plates by George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne, Sir John Gilbert et al. (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-downs; no inscriptions). The Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Crichton, Flitch of Bacon, The Star Chamber, Boscobel, Ovingdean Grange, Mervyn Clitheroe, The Spendthrift, The Miser's Daughter, Guy Fawkes, Rookwood, Jack Sheppard, Lancaster Witches, Auriol, Old Saint Paul's.
Price: £200.00