Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun., 1848. These are Near Fine copies of the Copyright Edition [stated]. Three small volumes with marbled paper-covered boards and black leather tips and spine. Titling on the spine in gilt within red labels; five raised bands; highly decorated in gilt. Clean texts. Volume One has a Dedication ("To Miss Edgewoth") and a "Prefatory Epistle from Mr. Burke." x, 381 pages. Volume Two is 394 pages; Volume Three is 410 pages. Green endpapers. Bookplate on the front paste-down for Frederica Sofia Broke. [b. 1791], an Englishwoman who published "An American Tour" in 1834. Some occasional spotting and with touches of rub to the margins; an exceptionally attractive set.. First Thus. Quarter-Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006315
Title: Tom Burke of "Ours" [3 Volumes]
Author: Lever, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun.
Place of Publication: Leipzig
Date Published: 1848
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Bookseller catalogs: Irish Literature;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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