Nineteenth century fiction

Bradshaw, John. Martin Ffrench. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886, 3 volumes, publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, some offsetting, [not in Sadleir or Wolff]--Collins, Mortimer. Sweet and Twenty. Hurst & Blackett, 1875, 3 volumes, half-titles, green sand-grain cloth, rose-pink endpapers, ownership inscription on title-page of vol.1, occasional slight spotting, covers with some small chips at edges, spines bumped at head and foot, [Sadleir 581]--Conway, Hugh [Frederick John Fargus]. A Family Affair. London: Macmillan, 1885, 3 volumes, presentation copy from the author's wife Amy Fargus, half-titles, 32-page publisher's catalogue at end of vol.3, publisher's smooth salmon-pink cloth, black end-papers, occasional slight spotting, spines slightly faded, [Sadleir 612], book-label of Douglas C. Ewing--Francillon, Robert Edward. Jack Doyle's Daughter. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894, 3 volumes, author's signature pasted into volume 1, half-titles, 32-page publisher's catalogue at the end of vol.3, crimson morocco cloth embossed with geometric and floral designs, spines lettered in gilt, floral endpapers, spines slightly bumped at head and foot, [Wolff 2328]--Hatton, Joseph. The Tallants of Barton, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867, 3 volumes, presentation copy inscribed by the author. half-titles, publisher's purple brown cloth, bind-stamped, spines lettered in gilt, occasional slight spotting, covers scuffed in places, spines faded, chipped at head and foot, [not in Sadleir or Wolff]--Lucy, Henry William. Gideon Fleyce. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883, 3 volumes, half-titles, publisher's black smooth cloth, blocked in red and green with poppy motif, spines lettered in gilt, floral endpapers, some slight spotting, covers slightly scuffed in places, [not in Sadleir or Wolff]--Maxwell, Sir Herbert. The Art of Love, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889, 3 volumes, half-titles, publisher's dark blue smooth cloth, blocked in gilt to simulate metal hinges, spine lettered in gilt, chocolate brown endpapers, some very slight wear to spine ends, [Wolff 4648]--Robinson, Frederick William. The Keeper of the Keys. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1890, 3 volumes, half-titles, maroon fine diaper-grain cloth, blocked and lettered in black, spines lettered in gilt, black endpapers, some very slight wear to edges, [Wolff 5933]; 8vo, first editions, 24 volumes

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