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Maxwell(HOOK, Theodore.) Maxwell in Three Volumes. London, 1830. First Edition. Contemporary quarter calf gilt, marbled boards. Half-titles in Volumes I & II (all called for). Errata leaf in III (Sadleir's'first issue).
Wanting advertisements. Hook was the most successful author of the "silver fork" novel, which depicted the wealthy & fashion, often portraying their folly, insolence & affectation. Sadleir 1207. Block, p. 113.