Details
LOVER, Samuel. Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life, London: Frederick Lover & Richard Groombridge, 1842, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates by the author, contemporary full calf gilt by Riviere & Son, t.e.g., original cloth wrappers bound in [Sadleir 1451; Wolff 4192]; Treasure Trove: The first of a series of accounts of Irish Heirs: Being a romantic Irish tale of the last century, London: H. G. Bohn, 1845, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 25 engraved plates by the author (plates spotted, some offsetting to title and text), original red cloth, ruled in blind, lettered and tooled in gilt (front hinges weak, rear joints splitting, some spotting) [Sadleir 1453; Wolff 4195] (2)
Provenance
Hugh Walpole (bookplates to both works).