Ask Mamma; or, The Richest Commoner in England

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VG, 83 engravings, not dated but 1888 (Tooley). In the publishers red cloth, bevelled edges gilt titles & image, black ink tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, faded, gilt titles, gilt & black ink tooling, edges bumped. Internally, half title, engraved title with coloured woodcut, [5], (vi-viii), [4], [1], 2-423 pp, 13 engravings on steel (hand coloured) title leaf with coloured woodcut, 18 engravings on wood, full page (of 19), 51 other engravings on wood within text, yellow endpapers, upper joint cracked, some light offsetting to half title, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd, yellow endpapers, (223*146 mm). A satirical look at Victorian society, their manners, mores and class rigidity. The son of the family, the central character of the book, has many hurdles to overcome in pursuit of a happy ending. 0