Light brown (or brown) embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.
Note—This book was published on October 15, 1869. I do not know which shade of binding is the earlier.
1871
CONTRABAND: Or A Losing Hazard. By G. J. Whyte-Melville. Author of Digby Grand, Cerise, The White Rose etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1871. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. vi + 307 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. vi + 281 + (1).
Bright blue cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.
Note—Although this book is dated 1871, it was actually published in December, 1870.
1871
SARCHEDON: A Legend of the Great Queen. By G. J. Whyte Melville. Author of The Gladiators, Holmby House, etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1871. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).