Charles Reade — Griffith Gaunt or Jealousy in Three Volumes

London , Chapman and Hall , 1866. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound set of fictional works from prolific Victorian writer, Charles Reade. First edition. With volumes two and three featuring the original half titles. Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Reade began his literary career as a dramatist, and he chose to have "dramatist" stand first in the list of his occupations on his tombstone. As an author, he always had an eye to stage effect in scene and situation as well as in dialogue. With English classical scholar, Benjamin Bickley Rogers, armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of every volume. Rogers translated all the plays of Aristophanes, reproducing the Greek metres in the English version. Complete in three volumes. Rebound in half calf bindings with marbled boards and gilt designs to the spines. Externally, generally smart, with some light shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean, aside from some instances of very light foxing. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .