Lot Essay
The copies of Catherine Cuthbertson's Forest of Montalbano (1810, 4 vols.) and The Italian (1797, 3 vols.), which are included above, are imperfect.
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HOLSTEIN, Anthony Frederick (? pseudonym). The Assassin of St. Glenroy; or, The axis of life. A novel, London: printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman and Co., 1810, 4 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, half titles, one leaf advertisement at end of volume I, 3-page advertisement at end of volume III, contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, flat-backed gilt spines. [Blakey p. 231; Block p. 112; Summers pp. 68, 237] -- Mary PILKINGTON (1766-1839). The Accusing Spirit; or, De Courcy and Eglantine. A romance, London: printed at the Minerva Press for Lane and Newman, 1802, 4 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, half titles (lacking the frontispiece, title and preliminaries to vol. III slightly creased at lower corners), contemporary half calf over blue marbled boards (spines rubbed), Foxcroft book label [Blakey p. 201; Block p. 184; Summers pp. 120, 221] With 7 other works in 26 volumes, including one other Minerva Press novel. (34)