The Keepsake for MDCCCXXX

viii, 352 pp. Lacking 1 plate. Full leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt devices to corner and blind-stamped design to borders; a.e.g. Rubbing to extremities and wear to tail of spine. Scattered foxing. Previous owners' names in ink to prelims. 17 of 18 listed plates, lacking a Virginia Water plate. The Keepsake is an illustrated literary annual that ran from 1828 to 1857, containing an anthology of poetry, essays and short fiction aimed at young women. This edition contains three stories by Mary Shelley, contributions by Walter Scott and Samuel Coleridge, and the engraved illustrations it was known for.

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Publisher: Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1830

Year: 1830

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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