8vo. In three volumes. [4], 303, [1]; [2], 310, [2]; [2], 316pp. Final publisher's advertisement leaf to Vol. II. Bound by Broadbere of Southampton in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Binder's tickets to all FEPs, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, early inked ownership inscriptions of A. B. White to head of all titles, ome loss to lower corners of title page and leaf O1 of Vol. III, foxed.

The first edition of Dinah Maria Craik's (1826- 1887) triple-decker novel that promotes a single moral standard and demonstrates that women and men have similar strengths and emotions.