Maria Edgeworth — Castle Rackrent and the Absentee

London , Macmillan and Co. 1895. Cloth. A volume of two short novels by Maria Edgeworth with illustrations. This volume contains Castle Rackrent and The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth, with an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Castle Rackrent is a short novel which is set prior to the Constitution of 1782 and the Absentee is another short story. Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. Illustrated by Chris Hammond with in-text illustrations.  With adverts to the rear.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some bumping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine and rubbing to the joints, with fading to the spine. Previous owner inscription to the half title page. With a tear through page 167/168. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Chris Hammond. Good .