[Signed] Monsell Digby W. Marshall [Very Good] [Hardcover]

Description

The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by W. Marshall, a signed presentation copy by the author to his niece. A thrilling, late nineteenth-century Victorian novel by W. Marshall. This novel is set in 1815 rural Lancashire amidst a struggling financial backdrop. It narrates the story of group of young men caught up in a murderous luddite riot in early nineteenth-century rural England.The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.A presentation copy from the author to his niece, inscribed and signed to the front blank of Volume I: 'Idle Vicarge, Bradford, July 4, 1904, To Mrs A Horne, from her affectionate uncle, the author, W. Marshall'.A vanishingly hard to find Victorian novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light shelf wear and bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and extremities. Some rubbing to the spines and extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Signed by the author to the front blank of Volume I. Internally, binding is generally firm. A few spots to the pages, which are otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good