THE WORKS [17 Volumes Uniformly Bound By Bayntun] Hardcover - 1872

London: Chapman & Hall, 1872. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. New Edition. 8vo. A handsome set, of most of Lever's major works, bound by the famous binder - Bayntun, Bath, England. Most published by Chapman & Hall, 1872 - 1873; New edition, otherwise pub. Routledge as indicated. Titles as follows:- Charles O'Malley; Tom Burke; The O'Donoghue; The Knight of Gwynne; Con Cregan; Roland Cashel; The Daltons; The Dodd Family Abroad; The Martins; Davenport Dunn; One of Them; Barrington; Luttrell of Arran; Lord Kilgobbin; The Bramleighs of Bishop's Follys; Jack Hinton; and Arthur O'Leary (pub. George Routledge). Illustrated throughout with frontispieces and engraved plates by Phiz, Browne et al; many with separate engraved and letterpress title pages. Half bound in green morocco (uniformly faded to tan) with green cloth boards, five raised bands to the spines, gilt lettering; top edges gilt, marbled end papers. Bindings vey good, joints strong, slight general wear, several lightly stained and marked. Contents generaly clean and tight, a little browning/marking to the first and last few pages of some volumes, a few pages with very small water stains to edges, otherwise clean, a few titles missing tissue guards to frontispiece plates; several with light silverfish damage to the edges of the endpapers and first and last few pages. Specific faults as follows: Tom Burke with some silverfish damage to the fore-edge of the frontispiece plate but not affecting image; Lord Kilgobbin missing rear free end paper; Dodd Family, small strip missing from lower edge of half-title page (not nearly affecting text). A very good set that looks particularly well on the shelf. Please note: a heavy set and a small postal surcharge may apply,.