George John Whyte-Melville. — M. Or N. "Similia Similibus Curantur.

London , Ward, Lock & Bowden, c1870. Cloth. A work of Victorian fiction by the Scottish novelist George John Whyte-Melville. Whyte-Melville published his first novel, Digby Grand, in 1853, which was a huge success. He went onto publish twenty-one novels and became a popular writer about hunting. Most of his heroes and heroines, Digby Grand, Tilbury Nogo, the Honourable Crasher, Mr Sawyer, Kate Coventry, Mrs Lascelles, are or would be hunters. Some characters reappear in different novels, such as the supercilious studgroom, the dark and wary steeple-chaser, or the fascinating sporting widow. This volume, containing his thirteenth novel, is a new edition of the original 1869 edition and features some lovely decorative head and tail pieces. In a blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light rubbing and minor wear only. Hinges strained. Spotting to endpapers, very clean and bright elsewhere. Good . Ill.: None. Good .