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1825 Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces by Maria Edgeworth.

1825 Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces by Maria Edgeworth.

This is a lovely set of 10 Volumes (Volumes 1 - 10) of a 14 volume set, entitled Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces by Maria Edgeworth. 
Published in 1825 by R. Hunter et. al: London. 
Printed by Thomas Davison: London.
Each volume is half bound in brown leather with beige marbled boards. There is an attractive gilt design and title to the spines. All volumes have rubbing and wear to the edges, corners and to the head and tail of the spines. There is some scuffing to the boards, All volumes are solidly bound. Some volumes have cracks to the leather at the upper and lower joints, with small segments of leather that have flaked away. Please see photos. Volume 4 has a small tear to the lower rear end paper. The binding to volume 6 is loose with the spine detached from the text block and held in place by a thread. There is foxing and browning throughout each volume. Some page corners have been folded over. 
Details of each volume are as follows: 
Volume I: Castle Rackrent / Essays on Irish Bulls / The Modern Griselda
Volume II: Belinda Volume I
Volume III: Belinda Volume II
Volume IV Leonora with Letters on Several Subjects / An Essay on Self-Justification
Volume V: Popular Tales
Volume VI: Popular Tales & Dramas
Volume VII: Tales of Fashionable Life. 
Volume VIII: Madame De Fleury / The Dun / Manoevring
Volume IX: Vivian / Emilie De Coulanges
Volume X: The Absentee
This is an extremely scarce set of books in good condition. 
Size 110mm x 170mm. 
Weight 3.7kg without packaging.
    £225.00Price
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