Search Results: Tom Burke Of "Ours by Charles Lever

London: George Routledge, 1897. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 2 tiny closed tears to lower spine. Marks to boards. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Spotting throughout. Colour plate to rear - Maud Miller .Cracking at title page.

Philadelpha: Carey & Hart, 1844 Reading Copy. Covers re-taped, with ffp missing and foxed interior.

London: George Routledge Book. Very Good. Cloth. xv + 463pp; Vol. 1 ex 2; Green cloth slightly rubbed and shelf-worn and front internal hinge slightly cracked along fold; Previous owner's signature to front pastedown; Prelims. lightly foxed; Illustrated Size: 8vo.

London.: George Routledge & Sons. Undated, circa 1880/90s. xv, 463pp, xi, 463pp, illustrations, owners signature. Original dark green cloth, slight wear at the head of the spines.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1873. Roistering tale by the neglected Irish Victorian author; one of a uniform edition. Engravings by 'Phiz.' Hardcover, half green calf, gilt titling & decoration. Rubbed & scuffed, spine darkened, spine labels gone, though the author & title are still readable; flyleaves and first & last few pages foxed, plates lightly foxed.. Later Printing. Half Calf. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Phiz (H. K. Browne). Octavo.

George Routledge & Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. early edition. shelf wear on the boards. contents are a bit worn and foxed. binding may have been repaired. all text is clear and legible. fair condition. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: George Munro. Good. Softcover. Disbound, no covers. Outside pages are lightly foxed. Outside pages of part 2 are loosely attached, have tearing and creasing to the front lower outer corner. ; This title is part of the Seaside Library, Volume 15, Number 296, double numbers, two parts. .

London: Chapman & Hall. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 1873. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. Gold and black design and lettering. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 666pp. 44 engravings. .

George Routledge & Sons, nd c 1870. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, gilt, VG, 2 volumes, xv+463pp, xi+463pp, b/w frontis & plates by Phiz, a nice set with slight edge wear. A reprint of Levers tale of the days of Napoleon.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1848. Charles Lever (1806-1872) has had a mixed critical assessment, but "Tom Burke" is generally considered to be one of his best novels. First published in 1844; this id the "Copyright Edition" from four years later. Uncommon thus. Two volumes only of the original three in the set, in Very Good condition. Maroon cloth binding; titling in gilt on the spine, now faded to a light brown [gilt remains bright]. Clean texts; 381 and 394 pages. Mildly bumped; spotting to the endpapers and throughout the text, which remains supple and perfectly readable. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited Book. Illus. by Phiz. Very Good. Hardcover. First (No. 32 of 500 copies). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards, with paper spine labels. Limited edition. One of the sought-after military novels of this author. First written in 1844, it is the story of an Irishman who seeks glory serving under the colours of France. On graduating from a military academy, he enters the ranks of the 8th Hussars. By accident he becomes involved in political intrigue, which with further military action occupies the balance of his active life. He resigns briefly, then returns to the fray long enough to see Napoleon exiled. Offered a general's rank, he refuses to fight for the Bourbons and retires. 498 and 493 pp. respectively, in the two volumes. Heavy books will need extra postage. No writing, and only normal hand soil to these volumes from a medical doctor's library. Others listed separately..

Dublin: William Curry, Jun., 1844. Book. Good. Half-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372 + 294 pages. Marbled boards, scuffed; brown leather spine and corners, spine has raised bands with gilt titles on black labels, foxing and browning to plates, good tight books..

Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1844. Hardcover. good to very good. 2nd edition in two volumes. xi,[3],[5]-372;x,294pp. Two volumes Octavo in quarter calf and brown cloth boards and marbled endpapers with steel engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Some minor staining with slight edge browning to edges. good to very good 1844

Boston: Little, Brown, 1892. One of the "Military Novels" that Irish author Lever wrote under the name "Harry Lorrequer" as the supposed editor. Lever's popularity in the 19th century rivaled that of Charles Dickens. This is a Near Fine set of the First Edition Thus. Two volumes, 498 pages and 493 pages. Clean and fresh text, very readable today. Little, Brown issued Lever's novels in several bindings, some of them quite nice; these are bound in green cloth with lovely decorations in gilt and a gilt top-edge. Volume Two has a small wrinkle at the top of the front panel, else Fine. No dustjackets. A worthy addition to a fine library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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.