[Thomas Love Peacock] — Gryll Grange

London, Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Thomas Love Peacock's final and anonymously published novel, 'Gryll Grange&apos. First edition. In the publisher's pebbled cloth. Gryll Grange is Thomas Love Peacock's final novel, published after his retirement from the East India Company and first appearing in Fraser's Magazine in 1860. The novel concerns itself with the business of the unmarried Gregory Gryll and his niece, who he adopted out of a need for an heir to Gregory Grange, and how she at last comes to find a man to her taste. Typical to Peacock's other works, the novel's setting involves the characters at a table discussing and criticising philosophical opinions of the day. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original pebbled cloth. Externally, generally smart, with moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A couple ink spots and marks to the boards. Spine slightly cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound, with binding tender to pp 49-96 and 163-174. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots. Contemporary ink inscription to title page. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .