{"product_id":"1890-rare-illustrated-edition-the-lancashire-witches-romance-of-pendle-forest","title":"1890 Rare Illustrated Edition - The Lancashire Witches, Romance Of Pendle Forest","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exceptionally handsome copy of Ainsworth’s great Gothic romance of witchcraft and Pendle Forest, beautifully bound in red morocco and complete with the dramatic illustrations of Sir John Gilbert.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e William Harrison Ainsworth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, no date \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[c. 1890]\u003c\/span\u003e. Author’s Copyright Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Text in English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9\" x 6\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e viii, 492 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Near-fine and exceptionally attractive later-half red morocco binding over richly marbled boards. Spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and elaborate gilt ornamental compartments, with gilt rules bordering the leather and marbled panels. Matching marbled endpapers. Upper edge gilt. Only very light signs of age and use, as shown. A particularly handsome example. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good content. Pages are clean and firmly bound, with expected age toning and occasional light foxing or spotting, principally to some margins and illustrated leaves, as shown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Complete with 12 full-page black-and-white illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, R.A., including the frontispiece. The dramatic plates depict many of the novel’s scenes of witchcraft, incantation and supernatural menace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e USD $300–500.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lancashire Witches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is William Harrison Ainsworth’s celebrated historical Gothic romance inspired by the notorious Pendle witch trials of seventeenth-century Lancashire. Drawing upon historical accounts, local traditions and the dark folklore surrounding Pendle Hill, Ainsworth transformed the story into a sprawling tale of witchcraft, curses, religious conflict, family rivalries and supernatural terror.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe novel opens amid the bleak landscape surrounding Pendle Hill, a setting that becomes almost a character in its own right. Forests, moors, ruined buildings and isolated villages provide the background for a narrative populated by witches, priests, landowners, mysterious strangers and characters caught between superstition and faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) was one of the most popular English historical novelists of the Victorian period. He specialized in dramatic narratives drawn from British history, legend and criminal folklore, often combining meticulous antiquarian detail with adventure, romance and Gothic atmosphere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lancashire Witches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains one of Ainsworth’s most enduring novels and one of the major nineteenth-century fictional treatments of English witchcraft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sir John Gilbert (1817–1897) was one of the most prolific and distinguished British illustrators of the nineteenth century. 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