Frank E. Smedley — Frank Fairlegh

London, A.Hall, Virtue & Co. c1850. Leather. An early edition of this classic Victorian novel, complete with the engravings by George Cruikshank. An early reissue, using the first edition sheets, but without date on title. With the bookplate of one "J. H. Burton" to front paste down. With a frontispiece, extra engraved title page and twenty eight further engraved illustrations on steel. Collated complete. Written by Frank E. Smedley, a nineteenth century English novelist best known for this work, which was published as 'Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil' in Sharpe's London Magazine between 1846 and 1848, before being expanded into 'Frank Fairlegh&apos. A delightfully illustrated early edition of this popular Victorian novel. In half morocco. Externally smart with rubbing to joints and extremities resulting in slight loss to the leather. Slight fading to spine. Front hinge slightly strained but firm. Bookplate to front paste down and offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Very Good .