Gothic Novels, Collection of 138 volumes

Property of the Trustees of the Sandys Trust

GOTHIC NOVELS.

Collection of 134 volumes:

Gunning, Elizabeth [afterwards Mrs. Plunkett]. The Exile of Erin. B. Crosby & Co, 1808, 3 volumes, APPARENTLY SCARCE--[Purbeck, Jane.] Matilda and Elizabeth. Sampson Low, 1796, 4 volumes, with half-titles, full calf, APPARENTLY RARE WITH ESTC RECORDING ONLY TWO COPIES, BOTH IN NORTH AMERICA--[Anon.] A Butler's Diary; or, the History of Miss Egerton. Minerva Press, 1792,2 volumes; The Mystic Cottager. Minerva Press, 1794, 2 volumes; Hermione, or the Orphan Sisters. at the Minerva, 1791, 4 volumes; The Ring...in a series of letters to a young lady. J. Stockdale, 1784, 3 volumes, full calf; The Modern Miniature. Hookham and Carpenter, 1792, 2 volumes--Count Roderic's Castle: or, Gothic Times. Minerva Press, 1794,2 volumes, spines defective--Robinson, Mrs M[ary]. The Widow.Hookham and Carpenter, 1795, 2 volumes----Gabrielli [pseudonynm of Mrs Mary Meeke]. The Mysterious Wife. Minerva Press, 1797, 4 volumes--Schiller, Friedrich von. The Armenian; or, the Ghost Seer. H.D. Symonds, 1800, first complete edition in English, engraved secret writing plate opposite p.215 in volume 2--Lewis, M.G. Ambrosio, or The Monk: a Romance. J. Bell, 1798, fourth edition, 2 volumes--Bennett, Mrs [Agnes Maria]. The Beggar Girl and her Benefactors. Minerva Press, 1797, 7 volumes [not 5 as recorded by Summers], some endpapers torn, some slight browing and staining;Ellen, Countess of Castle Howel. Minerva Press, 1794, 4 volumes, some spines defective--Edgeworth, Maria. Adelaide, or the Chateau de St. Pierre. J.F. Hughes, 1806, 4 volumes, bound without half-titles or advertisement leaf---Fisher, Joshua Bridges. The Hermitage. For the Author, 1796, 2 volumes--Smith, Charlotte. Celestina. For T. Cadell, 1791, 4 volumes; Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle. T. Cadell, 1788, 4 volumes; Ethelinde, or the Recluse of the Lake. for T. Cadell, 1789--Kelly, Isabella. The Secret. Brentford: P. Norbury, 1805, 4 volumes--Parsons, Mrs [Eliza, nee Phelp]. The Girl of the Mountains. Minerva Press for William Lane, 1797, 4 volumes--Porter, Jane. Lucy. Minerva Press, 1794, 3 volumes; The Scottish Chiefs... Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1810, 5 volumes--Fitzjohn, Matilda [pseud.]. Joan!!! Hookham and Carpenter, 1796, 4 volumes--[Crespigny, Mrs M. Champion de, nee Clarke]. The Pavilion. Minerva Press, 1796, 4 volumes; and many other works, authors including Lady Morgan (Sydney Owenson), Amelia Opie, Clara Reeve; chiefly first editions except where stated, most works without half-titles, nearly all in contemporary or near contemporary half calf or half morocco, decorated boards (a few in full calf), chiefly 12mo, some wear to bindings, a few volumes lacking spine labels, some joints repaired (134)

PROVENANCE:

Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys (1774–1836), with her crested monogram on most of the spines, some volumes with her ownership signature (e.g. "Mary Sandys 1785"); some volumes with the ownership signature "M Hillsborough"

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