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Sherwood, Mrs. [Mary Martha].
Caroline Mordaunt; or, the Governess.
Publisher: William Darton & Son, London;
Date of Publication: 1835
Stock Code: 12645
First edition. Octavo, pp., 232, plus wood engraved ‘oil printed’ full colour frontispiece. Collated and complete. Black full pebble-grained leather; elaborate blind blocking to boards; titled in gilt to spine; all edges gilt; citron end-papers. Inscribed in contemporary hand to front free end-paper ‘Ellen Taylor // from her affectionate // sister’. Rubbing to corners and spine; text-block slightly cocked; fading to boards. Small library shelf mark to verso of title-page. A very serviceable copy. A humorous and satirical story on religious themes. The witty dialogues within ‘parallel similar episodes in the work of Jane Austen or Jane Taylor’ (Cutt, 90). £185.00