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[BRADLEY, EDWARD. 1827-1889.] The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green: An Oxford Freshman. By Cuthbert Bede. London: H. Ingram, 1855.

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green: An Oxford Freshman. By Cuthbert Bede. London: H. Ingram, 1855. With: The Further Adventures of Mr Verdant Green and Mr Verdant Green, Married and Done For. London: James Blackwood, 1857. Together, 3 volumes. iv, 118, [6] ad; viii, 108, [12] ad; [8] ad, iv, 112, 9-24 ad, [8] ad pp. 8vo (199 x 128 mm). With 90 wood-engraved text illustrations by the author. Original cream pictorial wrappers printed in red and green. Soiling to wrappers, light chipping to backstrips. THE VERDANT GREEN TRILOGY. 6th edition of part 1 and first editions of parts 2 and 3. Bradley derived the pseudonym "Cuthbert Bede" from the names of two saints associated with his college at Oxford.