The Genesis of The Cloister and the Hearth

A Good Fight, and Other Tales.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859.

Price: $300.00


About the item

First edition. With wood engravings by Charles Keene. 1 vols. 8vo. The Genesis of The Cloister and the Hearth. Original brown cloth. Slight chipping at head and foot of spine, spine lettering slightly dulled, otherwise a very good copy. Parrish & Miller, pp. 204-5; Sadleir 2003.

Item #16288

The title story, A Good Fight, was first printed in Once a Week, July 2-October 1, 1859, and again in Harper's Weekly, July 23-October 15, 1859. It was later developed into Reade's classic, The Cloister and The Hearth (1861).