Pelayo: A Story of the Goth de [HISTORICAL FICTION] [SIMMS, William Gilmore] - 1838

New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. The prolific author's historical novel based on the career of Pelayo, King of Asturias, the visigoth who founded the Kingdom of Asturias along the northern shore of the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century. BAL 18063; SABIN 81245; WRIGHT I 2432. Two volumes; 12mo (19cm.); publisher's blue cloth, printed paper spine labels; 19(ads),[1],[iii]-viii,[11]-213; 282pp. Some minor wear to boards, corners bumped, spine labels toned, foxing throughout, else a Very Good, sound set in the original cloth and retaining the publisher's advertisement bound at the head of Vol. 1 (complete despite breaks in pagination).