Title: Among the Brigands and Other Tales of Adventure Author: C.E. Bowen Illustrator: T.H. Collins Year: 1875 (First Edition) Binding: Hardback Publisher: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Remarks: Frontispiece missing Book Condition: Fair/Good Jacket Condition: N/A
Description:
A large Christmas party of young people were assembled at an old mansion called 'Welwyn
Court' […] They were the guests of their grandmother, the Dowager Lady Seaton
[…] Every Christmas it was the family custom […] to visit her for several
weeks, [and] for the elders of the family to recount adventures of former days, and to tell
tales and anecdotes for the amusement of the young ones.
Illustrated with 3 plates depicting fabulous b&w engravings. Each chapter is headed with a vignette and beautiful b&w illuminated initial. Deep blue cloth boards with colourful floral motifs and a gilded panel to front. Measures 16 cm × 10.5 cm (6.4″ × 4.2″). 16mo. 160 pp. (SOLD) |