Taylor, Captain Philip Meadows

Confessions of a Thug. London: Richard Bentley, 1839, 8vo (200 x 120mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spine, collector’s folding box, [Sadleir 3178; Wolff 6674], some spotting and browning , some loss to labels, bindings slightly worn, no catalogue present as called for by Sadleir and Wolff; Tara: a Mahratta tale. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1863, 8vo (200 x 120mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, original brown cloth with design on upper covers in black and on lower covers in blind, lettered in gilt on spine, [Sadleir 3182; Wolff 6679], repairs to endpapers, hinges splitting, booklabels, embossed stamp to first volume; Ralph Darnell. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1865, 8vo (200 x 120mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, original dark green cloth with design on upper covers in black and on lower covers in blind, light yellow endpapers (cf Wolff 6676a) lettered in git on spine, [Sadleir 3180; Wolff 6676; Wolff 6676a], repairs to endpapers, hinges splitting, booklabels crudely inserted, embossed stamp to first volume; A Noble Queen: a romance of Indian history. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878, 8vo (185 x 120mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 32pp. catalogue at end of volume two dated ‘1.78’ (cf ‘77’ and ’10.79’ noted by Sadleir), original dark green cloth with design on covers in black and lettered in gilt on spine, [Sadleir 3179; Wolff 6675], some spotting, hinges splitting; bindings slightly rubbed at extremities (12)

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Four works by the Anglo-Indian novelist and historian, including his first novel, Confessions of a Thug.