Accession number
PML 136683-97
Creator
Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.
Published
London : Printed and published by J.J. Stockdale, 1825-1831.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Issued with an account of a trial for libel brought against J.J. Stockdale as the publisher of Harriette Wilson's memoirs (58 p.) appended to v. 4, with caption title: In the King's Bench. July 1st, 1825. Before the Lord Chief Justice Abbot, and a common jury. / Between Robert Blore, plaintiff, and John Joseph Stockdale, defendant.
Library's copy imperfect, lacking plates called for in v. 5-8.
Library's copy includes a total of 15 items, with v. 1-4 in original parts 1-12, with parts 10-12 issued together in a single part volume, v. 5-8, and unnumbered 1 v. index.
Separate index volume written under a pseudonym by the publisher, titled: Index, analytical, referential and explanatory of Persons and matter contained in Harriette Wilson's memoirs / by Thomas Little, Esq. [i.e. J.J. Stockdale] London : J.J. Stockdale, 1831; paged continuously with v. 8 of Wilson's Memoirs.
Set includes separate index volume titled: Index, analytical, referential and explanatory of Persons and matter contained in Harriette Wilson's memoirs / by Thomas Little, Esq. London : J.J. Stockdale, 1831, paged continuously with v. 8, with p. [233]-512 bound into v. 8 and the remaining p. 513-1032, along with the volume's t.p., bound separately.
T.p.'s, half-t.p.'s, and preliminaries for v. 1 and 2 at end of pt. 6; t.p.'s for both volumes read "Memoirs of Harriette Wilson / written by herself. ... In four volumes ... Fourteenth edition ... Printed and published by J.J. Stockdale ... 1825."; v. 3 and 4 lack t.p.'s and preliminary pages; v. 5 has two t.p.'s dated 1827 and 1831, the 1831, with no edition stated; v. 6 and 7 have single t.p. dated 1831; v. 8 has two t.p.'s, one dated 1831 and identical to that found in v. 5-7 (saving the stated volume number), the second t.p. reading "Paris lions and London tigers / by Harriette Wilson. Illustrated with colour plates. Fifth edition. London : Printed and published by J.J. Stockdale ... 1825.
Vol. (pts. 1-3): 433 p.; v. 2 (pts. 4-6): viii, 435 p.; v. 3 (pts. 7-9) 432 p.; v. 4: (pts. 10-12 in single volume): 308, 58 p.; v. 5: 430 p., [7] leaves of plates; v. 6: xx, [21]-663 p.; v. 7: 319 [i.e. 419] p., [1] leaf plates; v. 8: 231 p., [12] leaves of plates.
With the first 4 volumes being original parts 1-12 of a four volume issue, with v. 1 an 2 being of the 14th ed. and v. 3 and 4 lacking t.p.'s; v. 4-8 are volumes issued as part of a later 8 v. issue (not including the accompanying unnumbered index volume), with each bearing a t.p. dated 1831; with Wilson's novel Paris lions and London tigers, also issued as a separate publication by J.J. Stockdale, here issued as v. 8, with a separate t.p., stating that the book is of the 5th edition and dated 1825.
Wrapper for pt. 1 has title: Harriette Wilson's memoirs of herself and others / written by herself.
Morgan copy, vol. 8 (PML 136696) missing pages 242-43 and p. 259 torn.
Library's copy imperfect, lacking plates called for in v. 5-8.
Library's copy includes a total of 15 items, with v. 1-4 in original parts 1-12, with parts 10-12 issued together in a single part volume, v. 5-8, and unnumbered 1 v. index.
Separate index volume written under a pseudonym by the publisher, titled: Index, analytical, referential and explanatory of Persons and matter contained in Harriette Wilson's memoirs / by Thomas Little, Esq. [i.e. J.J. Stockdale] London : J.J. Stockdale, 1831; paged continuously with v. 8 of Wilson's Memoirs.
Set includes separate index volume titled: Index, analytical, referential and explanatory of Persons and matter contained in Harriette Wilson's memoirs / by Thomas Little, Esq. London : J.J. Stockdale, 1831, paged continuously with v. 8, with p. [233]-512 bound into v. 8 and the remaining p. 513-1032, along with the volume's t.p., bound separately.
T.p.'s, half-t.p.'s, and preliminaries for v. 1 and 2 at end of pt. 6; t.p.'s for both volumes read "Memoirs of Harriette Wilson / written by herself. ... In four volumes ... Fourteenth edition ... Printed and published by J.J. Stockdale ... 1825."; v. 3 and 4 lack t.p.'s and preliminary pages; v. 5 has two t.p.'s dated 1827 and 1831, the 1831, with no edition stated; v. 6 and 7 have single t.p. dated 1831; v. 8 has two t.p.'s, one dated 1831 and identical to that found in v. 5-7 (saving the stated volume number), the second t.p. reading "Paris lions and London tigers / by Harriette Wilson. Illustrated with colour plates. Fifth edition. London : Printed and published by J.J. Stockdale ... 1825.
Vol. (pts. 1-3): 433 p.; v. 2 (pts. 4-6): viii, 435 p.; v. 3 (pts. 7-9) 432 p.; v. 4: (pts. 10-12 in single volume): 308, 58 p.; v. 5: 430 p., [7] leaves of plates; v. 6: xx, [21]-663 p.; v. 7: 319 [i.e. 419] p., [1] leaf plates; v. 8: 231 p., [12] leaves of plates.
With the first 4 volumes being original parts 1-12 of a four volume issue, with v. 1 an 2 being of the 14th ed. and v. 3 and 4 lacking t.p.'s; v. 4-8 are volumes issued as part of a later 8 v. issue (not including the accompanying unnumbered index volume), with each bearing a t.p. dated 1831; with Wilson's novel Paris lions and London tigers, also issued as a separate publication by J.J. Stockdale, here issued as v. 8, with a separate t.p., stating that the book is of the 5th edition and dated 1825.
Wrapper for pt. 1 has title: Harriette Wilson's memoirs of herself and others / written by herself.
Morgan copy, vol. 8 (PML 136696) missing pages 242-43 and p. 259 torn.
Description
9 v. (12 parts in 10; 5 volumes) : ill., ports. ; 18 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Pts. 1 to 10-12 (i.e. 10 part volumes) in original wrappers; v. 5 to 8 and separate 1 volume index in 1/2 cloth; housed in green and maroon clamshell case.
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