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Tom Burke of "Ours" / by Charles Lever (Harry Lorrequer) ; with numerous illustrations on steel, by H.K. Browne ...

Accession number
PML 144270-89
Creator
Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872.
Published
Dublin : William Curry, Jun. and Co. ; Edinburgh : Fraser and Co. ; London : W.S. Orr and Co., 1844.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"In two volumes."
With preliminaries and t.p.'s, dated 1844, at end of nos.11/12 and 21/22.
Original 22 nos. as issued in 20 pts., with those containing nos. 11/12 and 21/22 being double numbers; part issue of this novel also comprises nos. 14-35 (v. 2 and 3) of a 3 volume set with a total of 35 numbers issued with the collective title "Our mess," containing the two novels Jack Hinton (v. 1, nos. 1-13 of "Our mess") and Tom Burke of "Ours". Wrappers on individual parts of the latter are numbered at upper left with the number of the "Our mess" part issue, with the separate part number sequence for the individual novel separately printed on wrapper below the title.
Includes two sets of t.p.'s, with one set identifying the novel as v. 2 and 3 of a 3 volume set entitled "Our mess", and the other presenting the two volumes as an independent and discrete work.
"Separate Titles are given for the accommodation of those who may wish to bind "Jack Hinton" and "Tom Burke" as distinct works."--Note on leaf preceding t.p. for v. 1 in no. 22.
Illustrated with 44 etchings by H.K. Browne.
Vol. 1: xi, 372 p, [24] leaves of plates; v. 2: x, 294 p., [20] leaves of plates.
"Dublin : Printed by J.S. Folds, Son, and Patton, 5, Bachelor's-walk."--Colophon, v. 1.
Description
22 nos. in 20 pts. : ill. (etchings) ; 23 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original pink printed and illustrated wrappers.
Classification
Department