Nineteenth-century fiction.

Salwey, Reginald E. Wildwater Terrace. A Novel. London: Digby & Long, [1890], half-titles, author's first novel, original blue-green cloth decorated and lettered in black and gilt, decorated endpapers [not in Sadleir or Wolff], some slight browning, some slight edge-wear to binding--Tabley, John Leicester Warren, Lord de. Salvia Richmond. London: Richard Bentley & son, 1878, original earth-brown cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt [Sadleir 3172; not in Wolff], some spotting, slight wear to binding, some gatherings in volume 2 slightly loose--Merrick, Leonard. The Man who was Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892, half-titles, advertisements at the end of both volumes, original blue morocco cloth decorated with all-over impressed design, spines gilt, floral endpapers, [Sadleir 1710; Wolff 4749], minor foxing to fore-edge otherwise a very fine, pretty copy--Jeaffreson, John Cordy. Cutting for Partners. London: Hurst and Blackett Limited, 1890, 3 volumes, blank leaf at the beginning of volume 1, advertisements at the end of volume 3, original olive-green cloth, upper covers blocked in blind at lower outer edge, lettered in black and gilt, dark brown endpapers, [Wolff 3607; not in Sadleir], minor spotting, slight wear to binding--Middleton, Colin. The Fool of Destiny. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1894, 3 volumes, half-titles, advertisements at the end of volume 3, original olive-green cloth with overall embossed floral design, spines lettered in gilt, dark green endpapers, [Wolff 4791; not in Sadleir], a very fresh copy; first editions, 8vo (13)

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