Thomas Moore, S. C. Hall, T. Crofton Croker, Charles Lamb, J. M. Wilson, Mary Mitford and others. Tales of romance. First series. , 1st ed. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle, 1833.

[4], 284, 36p. Original cloth covered boards, lacking spine strip and joints sl. tender. Cheap paper stock, with browning to most pages. An uncommon reprint anthology featuring stories lifted from London magazines. A few favourable reviews on publication but a second series never appeared. Contents: Ali’s bride: a tale from the Persian, by Thomas Moore; The last of the line, by Mrs S. C. Hall; The wine merchants story, by the author of The King’s own; The procrastinator, by T. Crofton Croker; The Spanish headsman; The legend of Rose Roche, by the author of Stories of Waterloo; Barbara S., by Charles Lamb; A story of the heart; The vacant chair, by J. M. Wilson; The Queen of the meadow, by Miss Mitford. (Book ref. wb10882)  £100.00

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