Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men and Women and Other Things in General. [First], Second, & Third Series. [3 vol. bound by Zaehnsdorf] Hardcover - 1864

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf. Later three-quarter green morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. Original boards bound in the rear. Five spine bands with stamped gilt titles and date at bottom. Armorial bookplates of Mexborough. 1864-5 - Three volumes. All First Edition. Bindings tight and square. Volume 1 has one rubbed corner and light wear at spine corners. Volume 2 minor handling. Volume 3 minor corner rubs and top and bottom raised spine band rubbed. Text is clean, light toning and occasional spotting. Second Series and Third Series. 3 volumes. (8vo) 19x13.5 cm (7½x5¼") Essays written in the character of "Cornelius O'Dowd" and published anonymously. Charles James Lever (1806 - 1872) was an Irish novelist. Ref: Kunitz, 379 -80; Bodl: 014394477; [All the Year Round p. 12] Victorian Web First. Background Information: Charles James Lever was an Irish novelist and raconteur. Trollope praised Lever's novels highly when he said that they were just like his conversation. He was a born raconteur, and had in perfection that easy flow of light description which without tedium or hurry leads up to the point of the good stories of which in earlier days his supply seemed inexhaustible.