Dinah Maria Craik — The Ogilvies a Novel

London , Richard Edward King, c1880. Cloth. The Ogilvies is a novel by Dinah Maria Craik, with a black and white plate to frontispiece and decorative head and tail pieces. Dinah Maria Craik (1826 - 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was determined to obtain a livelihood by her pen, and, beginning with fiction for children, advanced steadily until placed in the front rank of the women novelists of her day. She is best known for the novel John Halifax, Gentleman (1856). She followed this with A Life for a Life (1859), The Ogilvies (1849) and others. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart but with slight wear to extremities and odd slight marks in particular to spine. Internally, front hinge strained with front free endpaper missing and slight closed tears to gutter to half title. Generally firmly bound. With foxing to endpapers, age toning to pages and the odd handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .