The plot of this novel is based upon the outcome of a protracted lawsuit between the once-wealthy Anglo-Irish aristocrat Peter Barrington and the British East India Company. At stake is the inheritance of Barrington's granddaughter, Josephine, whose claim is based on her father's having been made the heir of the Rajah of Luckerabad in Bengal. Once compared favorably to Dickens and extremely popular in the 1840's and 1850's, Charles Lever's reputation suffered increasing criticism in the late 19th century and he is not well ...
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The plot of this novel is based upon the outcome of a protracted lawsuit between the once-wealthy Anglo-Irish aristocrat Peter Barrington and the British East India Company. At stake is the inheritance of Barrington's granddaughter, Josephine, whose claim is based on her father's having been made the heir of the Rajah of Luckerabad in Bengal. Once compared favorably to Dickens and extremely popular in the 1840's and 1850's, Charles Lever's reputation suffered increasing criticism in the late 19th century and he is not well known today, and is sometimes in fact referred to as "The Lost Victorian."
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Used-Good. Good hardback in half-leathe. Undated & with no edition stated-probably a reprint c.1890. In red half-leather with gilt lettering & rules on spine; marbled boards. End papers browned & stained; text generally clean in firm binding; paper on boards a little scuffed & worn; some wear to spine.
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Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Green bds with gilt title to spine. a little patchy soiling to bds. spine sunned. b/w illus. bindings loosening to a few text pages. foxing to endpapers. Interior Good ++.
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Good Minus. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo. Heavy general wear to boards including rubbing, bumping and chipping. Usual stamps and markings. PP mildly marked but overal readable. Bought as is.
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Used-Good. Good hardback. 1st edition, 1863 in green cloth with blind-stamped rules on boards; blind-stamping & gilt lettering on spine. Illustrations by Phiz ('illustrations by H.K. Brown' in gilt at foot of spine. Small bookshop blind-stamp on front free end paper; frontis & pictorial title page a little browned; a few spots of foxing. Wear at board corners, & head & foot of spine.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. No dust jacket. Edges little worn. Cover clean and bright. Pages clean except former owners inked names inside front cover. Some foxing on end pages. Good binding. 493 p. Not dated but story written 1863. Dark green fabric hard cover with gold gilt title and black ink illustrated cover. Deep dark blue end papers. Beautiful ink pen illustrations. 19cm
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Phiz. Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (UK) Bookseller's blind-embossed stamp to endpaper, no markings, tiny split to cloth at the rear spine edge, about Very Good used copy; no dust jacket. Green textured boards, gold spine titles, viii, 411p. B&W pen and ink drawings bu Phiz, (this was the next-to-last-novel that Phiz illustrated for Lever). Lever was an irish writer and this is a novel about a protracted lawsuit between aristocract Peter Barrington and the British East India Company. (2.0 JM HOQ 103/b3.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Order today-sent today, M-F*. Handsome 121-year-old in superb condition for its age, with lightly-scuffed cover and some mild abrasion/bumping on cover edges/corners. Age-tanned, clean, solid text pages. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4: 30 PM M-F.