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OLIPHANT Mrs (Margaret Oliphant Wilson)  The Chronicles of Carlingford: The Rector and The Doctor's Family
William Blackwood 1863
contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, skilfully re-spined, occasional spotting, ownership signature front pastedown, bound without advertisement leaf and half-title, a nice copy. the Rector, a learned Oxford don, finds his new parish of Carlingford a sphere of life and duty for which he is totally unfit. The Doctor is a struggling practitioner, on whose hands is unexpectedly thrown the care of his shiftless brother's wife and family from Australia; first edition; 291 pages;
£120.00    (equal to approx. US$187.91* or €149.94* for 25 May 2012)

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