Various [ed. by Frederic Mansel Reynolds] — The Keepsake for Mdcccxxix

London, Hurst, Chance and Co. 1829. Cloth. A desirable volume within the steel plate illustrated literary annual, including tales by Mary Shelley and Sir Walter Scott. The Keepsake for MDCCCXXIX (1829), a desirable volume within the distinguished annual of short stories and poetry edited by English novelist Frederic Mansel Reynolds. This edition is notable for having the Mary Shelley story the Sisters of Albano.  In the publisher's original green cloth with blind stamp detail. Contains a presentation plate, frontispiece, and title vignette, and all seventeen other illustrated plates, including by British artist Philip Francis Stephanoff and Henry Corbauld. Collated complete. Initiated by prolific engraver Charles Heath, who wished to create a literary annual with steel engraved illustrations, Heath's collaboration with Reynolds led to the Keepsake which ran for almost thirty years. This 1829 edition, the second in the series, is particularly special for including among its writers Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, and William Wordswoth amongst various leading writers of the Romantic movement.  In the publisher's original green cloth with blind stamp detail. Externally, mostly smart, with minimal marks to boards. Faint browning and fading to spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor browning to yellow end paper hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with slight offsetting to the final leaf, a couple of faint spots to the first couple of leaves and those attached to plates. Faint signs of dirt trapped to first hinges. Very Good . Ill.: Various [inc. Charles Heath]. Very Good .