Annie S. Swan — Adam Hepburn&Apos;S Vow

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon historical fiction novel set in seventeenth century Scotland, an illustrated novel, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Mrs Bell, from her friend, the author, April 1886". Set in Scotland in the 1630s, this is a gripping historical fiction novel following the drama of the Presbyterian Scots, who were being persecuted and dying for their faith.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three plates. Collated, complete.By Scottish journalist Annie S. Swan, a prolific author who wrote over 200 novels, serials, and stories. She was a suffragist, activist, and has been called "one of the most commercially successful popular novelists of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries". Undated, dated from the printers cope to the adverts, "11.85". Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth, a little heavier to the rear board. Hinges are a little strained. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots and handling marks. Loss to the head of pages 175-178. Plate facing pages 17 and 194 are detached but present, as are pages 241-244. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .