[Horace Smith] — Brambletye House; or, Cavaliers and Roundheads

London, Henry Colburn, 1826. Leather. The second edition of Horace Smith's first historical fiction, an exciting novel set during the last years of the Interregnum. Complete in three volumes.The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first and third.'Brambletye House' is a historical fiction novel set during the last years of Oliver Cromwell's reign, and Charles' return to England.The novel is largely set in Sussex, with beautiful description of the picturesque county scattered throughout the volumes.Written anonymously by Horace Smith; this was his first novel, after publishing the popular parody 'The Rejected Addresses&apos.Institutional stamp of the Loyalalyth Public Library to some pages.Bound without half-titles, as is common with this work. In the original half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the extremities. Leather is a little discoloured. Institutional label to the front pastedowns. Verso to the rear free endpaper of Volume I, the rear endpapers of Volume II, and to the reverse of the last leaf of text in Volume III. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with just a few odd spots. Institutional stamps to the head of the title pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .