A. Edward Newton's copy of Peacock's Misfortunes of
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Author: [Peacock, Thomas Love] The Author of Headlong Hall
Title: The Misfortunes of Elphin.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Thomas Hookham
Date Published: 1829
Description:
Author: [Peacock, Thomas Love] The Author of Headlong Hall
Title: The Misfortunes of Elphin.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Thomas Hookham
Date Published: 1829
Description:
[viii], 240 pp. (12mo) original boards, old rebacking with original spine labels mounted, endpapers renewed. Custom chemise and blue morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition.
With the "Hobby Rider" bookplate of the great bibliophile, A. Edward Newton on the front pastedown featuring a rider on a hobby horse crashing through a fence spelling The Amenities," a watching fox proclaims "Nothing Daunts Him." The author's fifth long work of fiction, set in a somewhat historically fanciful Arthurian Britain, incorporating many Welsh legends, but avoiding the supernatural.
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A few small scuffs to case; light wear to boards, internally fine and unopened.
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