London. Henry Colburn and Co. 1822. 2 vols. pp. (x), 221; (iv), 186, (vi) of adverts. Half titles present. 12mo. Half green morocco, marbled boards, rubbed. In Vol 2 the top right hand corner of the front free endpaper has been torn away affecting nothing and there is an ink stain on p. 66 not affect legibility. Stamped on base of spines 'S. African Public Library', there are no other library markings. From the library of William St. Clair with his name and pencil note on front free endpaper of Vol 1. Joanne Shattock in The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers says 'Her next novel (after Glenarvon), the realistic Graham Hamilton (1822), was written after she had received the advice to 'write a book which will offend nobody; women cannot afford to shock.' Wolff 3939.

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