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Decision: A Tale
Author(s): Hofland, Mrs [Barbara]; aka Mrs Hoffland
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Edition: | 2nd Edition |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green |
| Publication Year: | 1825 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 002706 |
| Catalogue(s): | Classic Literature ◇ Rare and Antiquarian Books |
2nd edition following first publication in the preceding year. 274pp. Full calf's leather binding with gilded rules and decoration, four- panelled, decorated spine with black spine label and gilt lettering. Marbled text block edges and endpapers. 12mo. Boards a tad worn at edges, dry around spine joints and backstrip a little faded. Strong binding and internally neat, clean and tidy barring the occasional small, mild mark. A very good, small volume. Publishers' records indicate that the first edition ran to a 1,000 copies, and this second edition a year later to 500 copies (Butts, p. 75). Barbara Hofland, nee Wreaks, the daughter of a Sheffield manufacturer was raised by a maiden aunt before marrying T Bradshawe Hoole, a local merchant. Upon his early death she published a volume of poems which attracted over 2000 subscribers - enabling her to open a boarding-school in Harrogate. With her second husband, the painter Thomas Hofland, she moved to London and began publishing novels, including a series representing the moral virtues: Integrity, Patience, Self-Denial, Humility, Energy, Fortitude, and this one, Decision. She was a popular author of the early 19th century although many of her books are now hard to find in contemporary editions.
Keywords:
Leather Binding
Hoffland
