1879 A Rogue's Life From His Birth to His Marriage

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Signed Binding, Very Scarce

A very scarce copy of this first edition in book form. This work was first serialised in Charles Dickens' 'Household Words' in March 1856, but did not see publication in book form until 1879.

Finely bound in a sumptuous half crushed morocco binding by Riviere and Son.

One advertising slip to the rear.

The original cloth binding is bound in to the rear. 

'A Rogue's Life' follows Frank Softly throughout his life. Frank narrates as he takes the reader from his childhood, being sent by his snobbish father to a boarding school to make connections, up to his time as a released prisoner ready to start his new life in Australia. 

This is a lesser known work by the important mystery and sensation author Wilkie Collins.In his introduction, Collins states that this is a work of levity, written during a happy time during his life, whilst living in Paris, a neighbour of Charles Dickens, exploring the city with his friends and family. He explains this for the light-hearted tone of the novel. 

Bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to the front paste down.