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READE, Charles (1814-1884). The Cloister and the Hearth. London: W. Clowes for Trübner & Co., 1861.
4 volumes, 8o (182 x 115 mm). (Minor pale stain in lower margin on a few leaves, title reinserted in volume two and with small loss to corner.) Original green blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered on spines (hinges cracked, some wear along joint on vol. I); red morocco slipcases. Provenance: William Pearce (bookplate and signatures covered with the Sadleir bookplate in vols. I and II) -- Michael Sadleir (bookplates) sold Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1958, lot 311, to Francis Edwards -- Herbert Ten Broeck Jacquelin (bookplates) -- purchased from Robert K. Black, Montclair, New Jersey, 5 July 1962.
THE SADLEIR COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST HISTORICAL NOVELS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA. Without the periods after "Etc" on the title of volume one, after "Volumes" in volume two, and after "Hearth" in volume three. Parrish 206; Sadleir 1999. (4)
4 volumes, 8o (182 x 115 mm). (Minor pale stain in lower margin on a few leaves, title reinserted in volume two and with small loss to corner.) Original green blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered on spines (hinges cracked, some wear along joint on vol. I); red morocco slipcases. Provenance: William Pearce (bookplate and signatures covered with the Sadleir bookplate in vols. I and II) -- Michael Sadleir (bookplates) sold Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1958, lot 311, to Francis Edwards -- Herbert Ten Broeck Jacquelin (bookplates) -- purchased from Robert K. Black, Montclair, New Jersey, 5 July 1962.
THE SADLEIR COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST HISTORICAL NOVELS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA. Without the periods after "Etc" on the title of volume one, after "Volumes" in volume two, and after "Hearth" in volume three. Parrish 206; Sadleir 1999. (4)