1845, ISBN: 8715dd33a6e8fb0d74286eb6e1c4dd8e

1799. Second Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by William Porter, 1799. Small-Octavo (11,5 cm x 17,5 cm). Volume I: 269 pages / Volume II: 326 (of 329) pages [3 pages … mais…

1799. Second Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by William Porter, 1799. Small-Octavo (11,5 cm x 17,5 cm). Volume I: 269 pages / Volume II: 326 (of 329) pages [3 pages missing at the end]. Hardcover / Modern, very decorative half-leather bindings with replicated spinelabels in the style of the 18th century. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Name of Richard Meade of Ballymartle on titlepage of both Volumes. Minor lesion and tear to titlepage of Volume II. Overall very good ! Extremely scarce publication in first or second edition ! Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845) is gauged as a minor Gothic novelist, who wrote in the shadow of the pioneering Ann Radcliffe. However, she was a bestselling author in her own time. The popularity of her third novel, The Children of the Abbey, rivalled that of Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Born Regina Maria Dalton in Waterford, Ireland in 1764. Her father was a Captain in the British 40th Regiment. Her family moved to Dublin, and after her marriage to Ambrose Roche in 1794, she moved to England. Her first two novels were published under her maiden name, before the success of The Children of the Abbey and Clermont. Both these were translated into French and Spanish and went through several editions. However, after her fifth novel, The Nocturnal Visit, appeared in 1800, Roche suffered financial difficulties, having fallen afoul of a duplicitous solicitor, and she did not write again until 1807, when she received aid from the Royal Literary Fund. She then wrote 11 more novels, most of them set in the rural Ireland, but none matched her earlier successes. After her husband's death in 1829, she returned to Wexford. After bouts of depression, she died in relative obscurity in the town of her birth at the age of 81. Roche's obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine remembers her as a "distinguished writer (who) had retired from the world and the world had forgotten her. But many young hearts, now old must remember the effect upon them of her graceful and touching compositions." The Children of the Abbey, a sentimental Gothic Romance, was one of the period's most popular novels of the 1790s. Her book Clermont, was Roche's only full attempt at writing a truly Gothic novel. It has a decidedly darker in tone than anything else she wrote. Both novels went through several editions and were translated into both French and Spanish. Clermont was one of the Northanger Horrid Novels satirized by Jane Austen in her novel Northanger Abbey. (Wikipedia), 1799, 0, London: Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1821. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. First Printing of the author's rare first novel (very rare, as here, in the British edition), complete in three volumes. 12mo: [2],307,[1]; [2],301,[1]; [2],315,[1]pp, vol. III, pp. 139 and 272 misnumbered 189 and 172). Contemporary half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, spines decorated in blind with gilt bands and lettering, blue marbled end papers, bookbinder's ticket on front paste-down of vol. I (Hays, Book-Binder, 7. Richmond-street, Derry). An excellent set, with tight bindings (barely scuffed) and generally clean, bright pages. BAL 3825 (oddly, making only passing reference to this edition, although the Standard Novels edition [London, 1839] is given an entry of its own [BAL 3889]). Spiller & Blackburn, p. 18-19. Seybolt, p. 17 (New York edition). Revision of first New York edition, "made apparently by the proof-reader and not by the author." (Spiller & Blackburn) Cooper wrote Precaution on a dare. Warren Walker (James Fenimore Cooper: An Introduction and Interpretation) records it this way: "In the customary practice of the day he was reading aloud to his wife one evening from a current English novel, but found the story dull. Throwing it aside, he declared, 'I could write a better book than that myself.'" To make good his boast, Cooper wrote Precaution, in imitation of contemporary English domestic novels, such as those of Jane Austen and Amelia Opie. In fact, when the novel appeared anonymously in New York (and later, London), it was credited to an English woman. The publisher, A. T. Goodrich, later surprised the public when it revealed that Precaution was authored by a gentleman from New York. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed., Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1821, 5<

1839, ISBN: 8715dd33a6e8fb0d74286eb6e1c4dd8e

London: Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1821. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. First Printing of the author's rare first novel (very rare, as here, … mais…

London: Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1821. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. First Printing of the author's rare first novel (very rare, as here, in the British edition), complete in three volumes. 12mo: [2],307,[1]; [2],301,[1]; [2],315,[1]pp, vol. III, pp. 139 and 272 misnumbered 189 and 172). Contemporary half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, spines decorated in blind with gilt bands and lettering, blue marbled end papers, bookbinder's ticket on front paste-down of vol. I (Hays, Book-Binder, 7. Richmond-street, Derry). An excellent set, with tight bindings (barely scuffed) and generally clean, bright pages. BAL 3825 (oddly, making only passing reference to this edition, although the Standard Novels edition [London, 1839] is given an entry of its own [BAL 3889]). Spiller & Blackburn, p. 18-19. Seybolt, p. 17 (New York edition). Revision of first New York edition, "made apparently by the proof-reader and not by the author." (Spiller & Blackburn) Cooper wrote Precaution on a dare. Warren Walker (James Fenimore Cooper: An Introduction and Interpretation) records it this way: "In the customary practice of the day he was reading aloud to his wife one evening from a current English novel, but found the story dull. Throwing it aside, he declared, 'I could write a better book than that myself.'" To make good his boast, Cooper wrote Precaution, in imitation of contemporary English domestic novels, such as those of Jane Austen and Amelia Opie. In fact, when the novel appeared anonymously in New York (and later, London), it was credited to an English woman. The publisher, A. T. Goodrich, later surprised the public when it revealed that Precaution was authored by a gentleman from New York. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed., Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1821, 5<

1821, ISBN: 8715dd33a6e8fb0d74286eb6e1c4dd8e

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Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, London], First Printing of the author's rare first novel (very rare, as here, in the B… mais…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Henry Colburn and Co. Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, London], First Printing of the author's rare first novel (very rare, as here, in the British edition), complete in three volumes. 12mo: [2],307,[1]; [2],301,[1]; [2],315,[1]pp, vol. III, pp. 139 and 272 misnumbered 189 and 172). Contemporary half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, spines decorated in blind with gilt bands and lettering, blue marbled end papers, bookbinder's ticket on front paste-down of vol. I (Hays, Book-Binder, 7. Richmond-street, Derry). An excellent set, with tight bindings (barely scuffed) and generally clean, bright pages. BAL 3825 (oddly, making only passing reference to this edition, although the Standard Novels edition [London, 1839] is given an entry of its own [BAL 3889]). Spiller& Blackburn, p. 18-19. Seybolt, p. 17 (New York edition). Revision of first New York edition, "made apparently by the proof-reader and not by the author." (Spiller& Blackburn) Cooper wrote Precaution on a dare. Warren Walker (James Fenimore Cooper: An Introduction and Interpretation) records it this way: "In the customary practice of the day he was reading aloud to his wife one evening from a current English novel, but found the story dull. Throwing it aside, he declared, 'I could write a better book than that myself.'" To make good his boast, Cooper wrote Precaution, in imitation of contemporary English domestic novels, such as those of Jane Austen and Amelia Opie. In fact, when the novel appeared anonymously in New York (and later, London), it was credited to an English woman. The publisher, A. T. Goodrich, later surprised the public when it revealed that Precaution was authored by a gentleman from New York. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.<

1839, ISBN: 8715dd33a6e8fb0d74286eb6e1c4dd8e

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Richard Bentley: London], ***, Frontis; engraved title, 6.75 x 4.25", full speckled calf with leather labels by Zaehndorf, 392pp, teg, abrasion on back… mais…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Richard Bentley: London], ***, Frontis; engraved title, 6.75 x 4.25", full speckled calf with leather labels by Zaehndorf, 392pp, teg, abrasion on back cover, minor one on front cover else nice.<