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Harry and Lucy Concluded; being the Last Part of Early Lessons
by EDGEWORTH, Maria
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for R. Hunter, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (18cm) in 4 volumes. Contemporary red morocco, with marbled paper over boards, all edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; vol. I: xviii,287pp; vol. II: [ii],340pp; vol. III: [ii],319pp; vol. IV: [ii],336pp. Armorial bookplate of Richard Prime and bookseller's ticket of Symington's, Harrogate, in all volumes. A straight and tight set, though rubbed, spines faded, splits to front hinge of vol. IV, internally clean: Very Good.
Edgeworth was an early and influential Irish author of didactic, realist fiction for children, as well as novels for adults.
She began writing about Harry and Lucy in Early Lessons (1801) and Continuation of Early Lessons (1814). She was paid £400 for Harry and Lucy Concluded, the final installment in their saga. Richard Prime was a mid-nineteenth-century MP for Western Sussex.
Edgeworth was an early and influential Irish author of didactic, realist fiction for children, as well as novels for adults.
She began writing about Harry and Lucy in Early Lessons (1801) and Continuation of Early Lessons (1814). She was paid £400 for Harry and Lucy Concluded, the final installment in their saga. Richard Prime was a mid-nineteenth-century MP for Western Sussex.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57073
- Title
- Harry and Lucy Concluded; being the Last Part of Early Lessons
- Author
- EDGEWORTH, Maria
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Hunter, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Ireland;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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