The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton. 3 vols complete.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood 1827. Sm. 8vo. Orig. full calf (slightly abraded) with gilt crest on front and back covers. Gilt-dec. spines with raised bands and morroco title-labels (1 of 2 title-labels missing on Vol. I). With gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. 1st edition. A very attractive set. NOTE: Thomas Hamilton was a leading writer for Blackwood's Magazine and a friend of Sir Walter Scott and William Wordsworth. His novel is set in Glasgow in the years just before the Industrial Revolution and reveals merchant and university life in Glasgow as well as the futility of war.