Shelfmark
Icc1.5.13
Additional shelfmark
[Another copy:] Icc1.5.14
Additional shelfmark
[Another copy:] Icc1.5.15
Author
Title
The Tower of London : an historical romance / by William Harrison Ainsworth ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Bookseller in Ordinary to Her Majesty, MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical description
xvi, 440 p., [58] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 24 cm.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Publisher's purple ribbed cloth with decoration blind and gold stamped on boards lettering stamped in gold on spine and front board.
Provenance
[Icc1.5.13] Ms. signatures in pencil on front endpaper.
Provenance
[Icc1.5.14] Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
[Icc1.5.14] Ms. inscription: "Emily Hatton, November 18th 1909".
Binding
[Icc1.5.14] Late 19th century tan calf with gilt tooled borders on boards, gilt tooling on spine, gilt on black leather lettering piece on spine, and marbled endpapers ; bound size: 22 cm. ; bound by H. Sotheran & Co., London (binder's stamp on front endpaper).
Copy-specific note
[Icc1.5.13] Ms. booksellers' notes, codes, and prices in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Icc1.5.13] Ms. correction in pencil - p. xiii.
Copy-specific note
[Icc1.5.14] Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Icc1.5.15] Ms. bookseller's note and codes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Icc1.5.15] Marks from previous bookplate on front pastedown.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Tower of London (London, England) History 16th century.
Added entry--name
Bentley, Richard, 1794 - 1871 publisher.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Emily former owner.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
Henry Sotheran Ltd. binder.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B27472