7 > Antique VICTORIAN LITERARY BOOK COLLECTION

Updated September 24, 2026

AVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING or LOCAL PICKUP > A group of 7 antique and early vintage books, primarily late-19th to early-20th century literary, religious and social titles, many retaining decorative cloth bindings, gilt lettering and period ornamental designs. Offered together as follows: 1 > MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE ~ NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ~ Decorative cloth-bound edition of Hawthorne’s celebrated collection of short stories and sketches, originally published in 1846. 2 > CHRISTMAS STORIES ~ CHARLES DICKENS ~ Period collection of Dickens Christmas writings, presented in a decorative illustrated binding. Exact publisher and edition not established from the exterior alone. 3 > THE ALHAMBRA ~ WASHINGTON IRVING ~ ALDINE EDITION ~ LOVELL ~ Decorative edition of Irving’s classic collection of tales and sketches inspired by the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain, with ornate gilt and black spine decoration. 4 > MRS. BURTON HARRISON VOLUME ~ Cloth-bound literary work by Constance Cary Harrison, published under the name Mrs. Burton Harrison. Title lettering is substantially worn and not fully legible from the binding. 5 > BOOK OF ETIQUETTE ~ Decorative blue cloth-bound etiquette and social-conduct volume with gilt cover decoration. Exact author, publisher and edition not established from the exterior. 6 > LENA RIVERS ~ MARY J. HOLMES ~ Decorative cloth-bound edition of the popular Victorian domestic novel by Mary Jane Holmes, one of the widely circulated American women novelists of the 19th century. 7 > THE MANLINESS OF CHRIST ~ THOMAS HUGHES ~ HURST & CO. ~ Religious and moral essay by Thomas Hughes, best known as the author of Tom Brown’s Schooldays, in a decorative Hurst & Co. edition. The group presents a visually interesting collection of Victorian and turn-of-the-century decorative bindings, including embossed cloth, gilt titles, ornamental spines and literary works by several notable 19th-century authors. CONDITION REPORT > As discovered, not cleaned or altered. Conditions vary considerably, with rubbing, staining, cloth loss, fraying, weakened or worn spines and other age-related deterioration evident throughout. Interiors and individual completeness have not been fully collated.

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