1873
A SIMPLETON: A Story of the Day. By Charles Reade. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. ix + (i) + 272.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 267 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 305 + (1).
Maroon cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.
Notes—(i) This book was published in August, 1873. The story appeared serially in “London Society.”
(ii) Copies in blue cloth, gilt, are of later issue.
1874
A HERO AND A MARTYR: A True and Accurate Account of the Heroic feats and sad Calamity of James Lambert. By Charles Reade (2 Albert Terrace, Knightsbridge). London: Samuel French, 89 Strand, Publisher. 1874. 1 vol. Royal 8vo (6¼ × 9⅝). Pp. (viii) + 40. Orange or green paper wrappers, printed in black. Publisher's advertisements occupy inside front, and inside and outside back wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece printed on text paper.