DOVETON; OR, THE MAN OF MANY IMPULSES. By the Author of "Jerningham." London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1837. 12mo, three volumes, ninteenth-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards, First edition. Sir John William Kaye (1814-1876) was a prolific writer, especially on military history. This domestic romance, his second novel, is dedicated to Mary Catherine Puckle, whom he married in 1839. His novels, anonymously or pseudonymously published, were usually printed in small editions for private distribution. All of them are rare. Sutherland, Victorian Fiction, p. 344. Block, The English Novel 1740-1850, p. 126. Not in Sadleir or Wolff. Volume one lacks the half title; half title leaves present in volumes two and three. Binding worn at edges some loss from upper spine ends, split along outer joint of volume one repaired, a sound, good copy with fine interior. (#133083).
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