Lever, Charles

The Military Novels of Charles Lever [5 Volumes]

Little, Brown, and Company, 1892. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good. Item #L052588

[ca. 300] pages per volume + plates. Collective title (on few half-title pages). Contains 5 novels in all (all but one published in 2 volumes apiece): 'Harry Lorrequer', 'Tom Burke of 'Ours'', 'Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon', 'Jack Hinton, the Guardsman' and 'Arthur O'Leary : His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many Lands'. 'Harry Lorrequer' and 'Charles O'Malley' dated 1891 on respective title pages; chiefly illustrated by 'Phiz' (i.e. H. K. Browne; only 'Arthur O'Leary' illustrated by Cruikshank). 9 volumes complete; bound in 3/4 tan polished calf over dark blue marbled boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spines with partially raised bands and gilt-stamped dark red and olive-green morocco spine labels, gilt-ruled covers, matching marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Slight wear to extremities (chiefly to spine edges and foredges); slight rubbing and scratching to covers; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges and preliminaries); else a very serviceable well-illustrated set. Provenance: From the library of J. M. Porter Grier, with his printed paper label on front attached endpaper of each volume.Browne, H. K. (illustrator); Cruikshank, George (illustrator); 155 Engraved Illustrations (including Frontispieces and Engraved titles).

Price: $300.00