Henry Masterton; or The Adventures Of A Young Cavalier : Vol. I and II : Two Volumes In One Book

New York, New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1864. Second Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 533 pages: 5 x 6.5 in.: 1.6: KB#015224: Vol I is 264 pages; Vol II is 269 pages. Copy has prior owner's name and date (Char. Susan 1874) in pencil on front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Brown with heavy Embossed Design on front cover and Gilt Lettering on Spine, and is complete but has a small chip at spine on back. Pages are clean, unmarked, bright (except for light tanning at edges), tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "The time of the story is laid towards the close of the struggle between the royal arms and those of the Parliament. The hero is the second son of a Lord Masterton, who had some years previously retired from court in anger and disgrace on account of his political opinions. Beside his two sons, his family consisted of an orphan girl, the daughter of an old friend, who with somewhat similar political views had become so deeply involved in what were deemed treasonable practices, that he saved his head from the block only by making his escape from the Tower on the night preceding the day appointed for his execution, and to perish by shipwreck, as was supposed, with the vessel in which he embarked for France. Previous to his escape, and while expecting nothing but death, pursuant to the sentence that had been passed upon him, he confided his only child to the care of Lord Masterton, with the condition, that the latter should at a suitable time bestow her upon his oldest son." .