Hardcover
1889 · Boston
by Warren, Samuel
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Three quarter green morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Teg. 3 vols. Very good. 514, 492 and 544 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. First published 1841. Warren's literary vanity was prodigious, though most of his novels were published anonymously. This work was one of the most sensationally popular novels ever published, though now forgotten. SADLIER 3304. The novel chronicles events in the life of its iconic protagonist and offers in-depth detail of English common law of the time. Extensive notes. Raised bands, floral backstrip motifs with gilt lettering, backstrip faded evenly to brown. Modest rubbing to extremities. (Inventory #: 22292)