Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth

London : The Waverley Book Company, 1898. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Hablot K. Browne, John Gilbert and George Cruikshank. An illustrated set of the novels of William Harrison Ainsworth. William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. His Lancashire novels cover altogether 400 years and include The Lancashire Witches, 1848, Mervyn Clitheroe, 1857, and The Leaguer of Lathom. Jack Sheppard, Guy Fawkes, 1841, Old St Paul's, 1841, Windsor Castle, 1843, and The Lancashire Witches are regarded as his most successful novels. He was very popular in his lifetime and his novels sold in large numbers, but his reputation has not lasted well. As John William Cousin argues, he depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions. Author's copyright edition. Containing: Ovingdean Grange The Flitch of Bacon Guy Fawkes Boscobel Windsor Castle Rookwood Auriol Crichton Jack Sheppard The Lancashire Witches The Spendthrift The Tower of London (in two volumes) The Miser's Daughter Mervyn Clitheroe Old St Paul's The Star Chamber Illustrated throughout with two hundered and seventy engraved plates, plus many more vignettes, by Hablot K. Browne, John Gilbert and George Cruikshank (collated complete). In green cloth bindings. Externally, sound, though with some sunning and bumping to the spines, and a few marks to the boards. One spine dulled. Fourteen hinges strained. Internally, binding strained in places. Pages are bright, though with some slight marginal age-toning and the occasional handling mark, as well as some foxing to the endpapers. Good