Shelfmark
Km.1.07 - Km.1.08
Title
A book for a corner : or, Selections in prose and verse / from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment; with comments on each, and a general introduction, by Leigh Hunt; illustrated with eighty wood engavings, from designs by F. W. Hulme and J. Franklin.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, MDCCCXLIX [1849].
Physical description
2 v : ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm.
Note
Includes works by Catherine Talbot, William Shenstone, Horace Walpole, et al.
Note
Both vols with a half-title.
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Both vols with publisher's brown diaper cloth, with blind stamped decoration on boards, and lettering and decoration stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Vol 1 with ms. bookseller's code in pencil.
Provenance
Both vols with ms. inscription: "To Martha Reed, A token of affection from her sister, Johanna [?Reed], July 1849".
Provenance
Both vols with bookseller's ticket on front pastedown (T. &. H. Fryer, Wells).
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Reed, Martha former owner.
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Hunt, Leigh, 1784 - 1859 editor.
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Franklin, J. ill.
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England London.
Identifier
B26130