first edition
1831 · Edinburgh
by [Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone]
Edinburgh: printed for Robert Cadell ... and Whittaker and Co., London, 1831. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary full brown cloth, leather labels on spine, yellow-coated endpapers; spines a little faded, some cracking of the cloth along the joints, hinges starting; good and sound, or better, with the half-titles. Ferrier (1782-1854) a friend of Scott and the author of three good novels of Scottish life, Marriage (1818), Inheritance, and Destiny (1831), all marked by a sense of humor and high comedy. In fact, Destiny is dedicated to Sir Walter Scott. Wolff 2235.
(Inventory #: 58642)