A heart's problem

Metadata

Title

A heart's problem

Author

Gibbon, Charles, 1843-1890

Publisher

London : Chatto & Windus

Date

1884

Description

Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Advertisements after the text dated December, 1888.

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisement for Pears' soap on back cover; advertisements on pastedowns and flyleaves.

From the British Quarterly Review (1882): “We read on and on (noting improbabilities, yet finding that the writer’s art is such as to explain them away or to lessen them somehow in the light of later events) . . .” This is another of Gibbon’s romantic Scottish tales, again dealing with the conflict between social class expectations.

Format

2, 308, 32 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1888

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Feb 3 1890 The Athenaeum."

Citation

Gibbon, Charles, 1843-1890, “A heart's problem,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 19, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/293.