The Complete Works Of Charles Reade: The Cloister And The Hearth Volume II & Singleheart And Doubleface -

New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Company.. Undated single volume of 12 in set; early 20th C.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Spine slightly dulled. Light rubs to corners and spine ends. Light end paper soiling. Tight. Minor small cover blemishes.. Unknown (Frontispiece detailed engraving by). 1 Dark green cloth; decorations and titles, gold. Title page orange and black titles protected by tissue paper from engraved frontispiece. 5.5x8.25in. Gilt top page block. Reade was an English dramatist, novelist, and journalist, b.1814-d.1884, who wrote with charm on a variety of subjects and in differing genre. Other stories in this volume are "Jack of All Trades (A Matter-of-Fact Romance)" and "A Hero and a Martyr".

Paris & Boston: The Grolier Society Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition de Luxe of 1000 sets, this one No. 219. 25 volumes, complete, in original matching olive cloth hard covers with title-labels to spines. Moderate handling, scuffing, and discoloration to covers; toning to spines and edges. Some staining to upper edges. A few endpapers cracked at hinges but still firm. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. A neat set, and still in handsome enough state. Illustrated -- plates, some in colour. No additional shipping upcharge if shipping within Canada/USA..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth first edition with gilt designs and lettering on green cover and spine. No DJ. No date of publication indicated but likely 1890. 12 volume set in original green cloth binding. Some shelfwear and rubbing to bottom of spines and covers . Light age toning to pages, but all bindings are tight and square. No markings, creases, or tears. Individual titles of works printed on spines.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, [n.d.]. Each volume with engraved frontispiece, titles in orange and black. Half-calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, black and red labels (a few of the title labels faded). An excellent set from the library of Louis E. Goodman, with his bookplate. Reade (1814-84) was an English novelist and dramatist. Included in this complete edition of his works is It's Never Too Late to Mend, written with the purpose of reforming abuses in prison discipline and the treatment of criminals. He is best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.