The Knave of Hearts: A Fairy Story

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. Very Good. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt,; [2],198,23pp.; vignettes in text. Cloth a bit rubbed, especially at spine ends, spine a bi cocked, some light soil, else Very Good overall.

A fantastical tale of a young college graduate, the "Knave of Hearts," professional ladykiller. A contemporary reviewer described the dialogue as so stilted as to verge on the grotesque.