W. Harrison Ainsworth's Novels; The Original Edition, with Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne, Sir John Gilbert, and other Artists, in sixteen volumes complete

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in half red leather with marbled boards, spines stamped in gilt, five raised bands. Top edges gilt. Each volume illustrated throughout, by various artists. Several volumes illustrated exclusively with steel engravings by Cruikshank. Includes The Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Crichton, The Flitch of Bacon, The Star Chamber, Boscobel, Ovingdean Grange, Mervyn Clitheroe, The Spendthrift, The Miser's Daughter, Guy Fawkes, Rookwood, Jack Sheppard, The Lancashire Witches, Auriol, Old Saint Paul's. Text blocks are in fine condition. Minor rubbing to extremities, corners, and heads and heels of spines. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.