Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance; by Ainsworth, William Harrison

London: The Waverley Book Company, 1898. Author's copyright edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. large Octavo. Type: Book pp x, 324. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and extensive excellent gilt decoration to spine. 2 edges untrimmed.

Henry Colburn, 1843. Book. Good. Hardcover. first illustrated edition. hardback, Royal 8vo, second edition being the first illustrated edition of the work in one volume, red fine-ribbed cloth ruled, decorated and lettered gilt, spine pictorially titled gilt-extra, rubbed and knocked to extremities, lower joint rubbed with a short split and glued repair, fore-edge rough-trimmed, bookplate of Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher to front pastedown, illustrated by George Cruickshank and Tony Johannot, x + 324pp. Loosely inserted title page of an edition published by Hugh Cunningham & a lithographed portrait of the author bu A.D'Orsay of 1844.

Great Marborough Street: Henry Colburn, 1844. New Edition . Half Calf - Marbled Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Cruikshank, Tony Jonannot, W. A. Delamotte. Green Half Calf - Marbled Boards, 5 raised bands, engaved title page & printed title page. illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Jonannot, with designs on wood by W. A. Delamotte. Spine faded, corners slightly bumped, bands, engaved title page spotted, some very light scatterd spotting. All pages in very Very Good condition. 322pp including index.

1844. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. 3/4-red morocco and marbled cloth, T.e.g. London: Henry Colburn, 1844. New edition. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot with designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. Some light shelfwear, else a very good copy.

London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5". Various. A three volume set of the historical romance novel 'Windsor Castle' by Windsor Castle The first separately published edition of this historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth. With engraved frontispieces to each volume. Windsor Castle is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1842. It is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Intertwined with the story are the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor woods. Ainsworth wrote Windsor Castle in 1842 while he was publishing The Miser's Daughter. During this time, he was constantly working in order to publish the novel by April, and Ainsworth only stopped when he mother, Ann Ainsworth, died on 15 March 1842. It was published in a serialized form in the Ainsworth's Magazine starting July 1842 and ending in June 1843. Including half-title to volume III only. Complete in three… Read More

London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Unamed. A beautifully illustrated copy of Windsor Castle, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. The first edition in one volume. With an engraved frontispiece, etched title page, 18 full plate etchings, 3 wood engraved plates and numerous vignette illustrations throughout the text. It has been said that the wonderful illustrations dominate this text. Tony Jahannot, a French illustrator, began the illustrations. After four illustrations for the Ainsworth's Magazine he was replaced as Cruikshank as the illustrator for the remainder of the work. Windsor Castle was originally published in serial form in 1842. It is a historical, yet gothic, romance which depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Alongside the main storyline there is a sub plot with the story of the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor Woods.… Read More