first edition
1848 · London
by Ainsworth, William Harrison
London: Henry Colburn, 1848. First edition. First edition. Three volumes. Exquisitely bound in full wavy grain morocco by Bickers & Son, gilt ruled edges and devices at corners both covers, spine elaborately gilt with two morocco labels, gilt decorated dentelles. Engraved frontispiece illustration to each volume. With bookplate of Sir Charles Philip Huntington, 3rd Baronet. Fine. All three original labels bound in at end in each volume. Very scarce title.
(Inventory #: 3046)