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SMEDLEY, Frank E.
Harry Coverdale's Courtship and All That Came Of It.
Harry Coverdale's Courtship from 1855 is one of the most famous works by Frank Smedley, an English novelist. This story is piquant and full of vigor, although its author couldn't live a life of adventures. He was born with deformed feet, which impaired his mobility. Yet, such a lifestyle empowered him to develop bright imagination that helped construct impressive storylines and put his characters into fascinating settings and adventures.
- Published
- London: George Routledge & Sons (c.1880)
- Plates
- 30
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: George Routledge & Sons (c.1880)
- Ref
- 551
8vo. Half red morocco over grey cloth boards; gilt filet to boards; spine in six compartments; gilt-lettered in numbers two and three; raised bands in blind; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Thirty humorous hand-coloured illustrations by Phiz. Good condition. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. A 'Cut' not like to be soon healed. 2. Title page, with vignette illustration 'A promising Four-year-old.' 3. A specimen of Harry's 'quiet manner.' 4. Unaccountable behaviour of Aunt Sally! 5. A fencing lesson. 6. For the last time! 7. Harry's quiet manner of taking 'the shy' out of him! 8. Pater Familias shews his teeth. 9. Harry's first appearance as Romeo. 10. Getting up the Steam! 11. Wife- breaking! - (Theory). 12. Wife - breaking! - (Practice). 13. The Crime. 14. The Capture. 15. Alice's debut as Lady Bountiful. 16. High Art. 17. L'Inferno! 18. Paradise! 19. A pleasant sight for a Husband. 20. An agreeable prospect for a Wife. 21. Mistrust. 22. Spitting a Spy. 23. That dreadful leg of Mutton! 24. Rejected Addresses. 25. The Wife's secret! 26. A Clencher! 27. Starting from the Pandemonium. 28. A foul stroke. 29. The tender mercies of the Wicked. 30. Hope deferred.
