Rebecca and Rowena. A Romance upon Romance
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. Illustrations by Richard Doyle. 1st Edition. A Very Good Hardcover.
Period black half morocco and textured cloth; all edges gilt. Marbled endpages with armorial bookplate on first blank page and same owner's name on front paste-down. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 12mo; viii, 102 pages, 8 leaves of plates; 19 cm.; 7.25 inches tall. No half-title. Illustrated title page plus footer after preface and header beginning first chapter and all 8 called for plates. [Originally issued in pink glazed boards.] First Edition.
[Trollope, 262]
This is one of the six 'Christmas Books'.
REF: OCLC: 54337514; Bodl: 012135382; Trollope, 262. Trollope, Anthony. An Autobiography and Other Writings. Oxford University Press, 2014
Very Good / No Dust Jacket As Issued. Item #008955
Written as a continuation of Scott's Ivanhoe; a comic or burlesque, in which the hero, who in the original novel marries the Saxon Rowena rather than the beautiful Jewess Rebecca.
Price: $165.00
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