The Children of the Abbey - Regina Maria Roche- 1880s Belford, Clarke & Co vintage hardback Joris-Karl Huysmans Plains Indians

Plains Indians

part noble savage

Notable is the slightly grey-green tint to the paper

Blurb:  One dozen prime examples of the late writer's stories about crime

The Children of the Abbey - Regina Maria Roche- 1880s Belford, Clarke & Co vintage hardback Joris-Karl Huysmans Plains IndiansCondition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. Edgewear and corners are worn and show moderate wear. See images for the condition of this book. Blurb: Running through at least eighty editions in the 18th and 19th centuries, Regina Maria Roches The Children of the Abbey (1796) was one of the biggest successes of its time, rivalling and perhaps even outselling Ann Radcliffes seminal Gothic The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794). The heroine of Roches