{"product_id":"lever-charles-the-confessions-of-harry-lorrequer-with-illustrations-by-phiz","title":"LEVER, Charles - The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer with Illustrations by Phiz","description":"\u003cp\u003eOctavo. Period half calf over tree-calf pattern boards, spine in six gilt-ruled compartments with foliate tools, red morocco title label lettered in gilt. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece (\"Arrival of the Chargé d'Affaires\"), illustrated pictorial title page, and numerous full-page plates by \"Phiz\" (Hablot Knight Browne). pp. xv, 344.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early Curry Dublin printing of the first book edition, with the Phiz illustrations intact who was simultaneously illustrating Dickens; Lever and Dickens were mutual admirers and Lever held several works in Dickens's personal library. Anthony Trollope famously praised Lever's novels as sounding exactly like his conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the armorial bookplate of Charles Kent, Vicar of Ludford to front pastedown. Moderate to heavy foxing and spotting on title page, frontispiece, and moderate plates; text pages mildly spotted but legible; binding sound and square with light rubbing to boards and spine extremities; gilt on label bright. A well-preserved copy in a handsome period binding with good named provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47894216245300,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/FC506BB8-C140-433E-80EC-1D7A42B22412_1_105_c.jpg?v=1781175759","url":"https:\/\/www.inkandsignaturebooks.com.au\/products\/lever-charles-the-confessions-of-harry-lorrequer-with-illustrations-by-phiz","provider":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}