The Squanders of Castle Squander
Subtitle: in two volumes
By: by William Carleton ...
Contributors: Topham, Francis William, 1808-1877; Measom, William Frederick, fl. 1840s-1876; Williams, Thomas, b. ca. 1800; Leighton, John, 1822-1912; Cooke, Nathaniel; Bradbury & Evans; Leighton, Son and Hodge
Publisher: Office of the Illustrated London Library
Published: 1852
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Other titles: The Squanders of Castle Squander :
Notes: Preliminary wood-engraved plate in each volume is with imprint: "Drawn by Topham.".

Two wood-engraved plates in vol. 1 are signed as engraved by William Measom. Two in vol. 2 are signed as engraved by "T. Williams" and another is signed by "H. Groves".

Plates are printed within thin black rule border.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-2] at end of Vol. 1.

" ... The book, I will undertake to say, presents a very truthful picture of both the past and present condition of Irish life and society -- a picture drawn from a knowledge of more than fifty years of the people and the country ... "--Preface.

Sadleir, M. 19th cent. fiction, 514.

Cambridge bibliography, v. 3, p. 715.

RBSC copy: Bound in red cloth with elaborate silver design on front cover, blind stamped on back, by Leighton Son & Hodge, London.

MASS copy: Bound in blue ribbed morocco-grain cloth blocked in silver and blind.  Upper cover with signature: "JL" [i.e. John Leighton].  Spine with monogram: "NC" [i.e. Nathaniel Cooke of Ingram and Cooke?].  Vol. 1 with bookseller's label: "W. Mullan  Bookseller  and Stationer  No. 27 Ship Quay Street  Londonderry".  With ownership inscription: "Nathaniel Lous".