[Marchmont (Arthur Williams)] Isa. A novel, in two volumes.

By the editor of the ‘North Eastern Daily Gazette’
London, Remington, 1887.

First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original grey cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt.

A surprisingly uncommon title, with only two copies recorded in institutional holdings by WorldCat, and one (Oxford) in Jisc. The author studied law, before turning to journalism, editing the North Eastern Daily Gazette and the Lancashire Daily Post. In the mid-1890s, he left journalism to devote himself to fiction. In total, he wrote some 35 novels which often featured exciting plots and foreign settings.