JOHNNY LUDLOW THIRD SERIES. By Mrs. Henry Wood, Author of "East Lynne." ... In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington St., W., 1885. Octavo, three volumes: pp. [1-8] [1] 2-397 [398: blank] [399: ads] [400: blank]; [1-6] [1] 2-288; [1-8] [1] 2-302 [303: ads] [304: blank], half titles in all volumes, original decorated bevel-edged red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panels ruled in blind, floral patterned endpapers. First edition. Mixed collection of Victorian sensation romances that appeared earlier in THE ARGOSY, a magazine bought by Mrs. Wood in 1867 who used it primarily as a vehicle for her own fiction. Her "best contributions to the magazine are generally thought to be her 'Johnny Ludlow' stories" (Sutherland, Victorian Fiction, p. 27). Hubin (1994), p. 876. Sadleir 3342. Wolff 7274. Some rubbing, soling and spotting to cloth, inner front hinge of volume two and inner rear hinge of volume three cracked, a good copy. Scarce. (#170161).
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