Attractive edition of R.D Blackmore's third and most popular novel from 1869. Born six years after Queen Victoria, he was curiously dubbed "The last Victorian."

Later printing; small 8vo (190 x 140mm); colour-frontispiece, protected by tissue-guard, title, spotting to prelims, usual age-toning; quarter bound in lovely art-nouveau vellum, with gilt title to spine contained within leather caption, decoration in gilt with blue enamel inlaid flowers, blue cloth boards, gilt top-edge, very good; [viii], 517pp.