Matthew Gregory Lewis — The Monk: A Romance

London, Gibbings & Company , 1913. Cloth. - An illustrated 1913 edition of one of literature's most celebrated Gothic horror novels, originally published in 1796, here complete in three volumes. In the publisher's original burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spines.With nine etched full-page plates by R. C. Armour, including a portrait frontispiece of Lewis in volume one. Collated, complete. This edition, as is prefaced in the publisher's note, 'is printed from the first..with all the additions, footnotes, etc. of the fourth.' Any major textual changes of the second edition which the author made to its more controversial passages are detailed in the notes at the end of each volume. With an introduction by an anonymous editor. Matthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are primarily classified as 'Gothic horror.' He was often referred to as 'Monk' Lewis following the success of the 1796 original publication of The Monk. In the publisher's original burgundy cloth binding with gilt titling to the spines. Externally, extremely smart with minor handling marks to boards. Minor bumping to spine heads and tails and to extremities. Slight fading to spine. Ink mark to spine of vol 3. Internally, firmly bound. Age toning to front and rear endpapers. Other pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Fore edge roughly cut. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: R. C. Armour. Very Good Indeed .