Marguerite Gardiner, The Countess of Blessington — The Keepsake for Mdcccxlii

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1842 . First edition. Cloth. The beautifully illustrated and scarce first edition of this literary annual for the year 1842, with engraved plates throughout. The scarce first edition of The Keepsake for the year 1842. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page and eleven engraved plates. Collated, complete. The Keepsake was an English literary annual which ran from 1828 to 1857, published each Christmas from 1827 to 1856. It was intended as an anthology of short fiction, poetry, essays, and engraved illustrations.  This edition includes contributions from authors such as Theodosia Garrow, John Manners, Tyrone Power, Barry Cornwall and others. Edited by Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington. Bookplate of Peter Dennis Anthes to the front pastedown. Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, bump to head of fore edges of boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .