Accession number
PML 195296
Creator
May, I.
Published
London : Printed and published by J.V. Quick, 8, Ship Yard, Temple Bar, [between 1823 and 1853]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2009.
Notes
Chapbook summary of the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels, published in 1818 under the title Tales of my landlord, 2nd series.
Series title from front wrapper.
Hand-colored wood-engraved frontispiece.
"This little work will be published every fortnight, to contain 26 pages of Letter Press, a coloured frontispiece, uniformly printed on yellow wove demy, and stiched in a wrapper ... Every Number will be complete in itself ... every 10 Numbers will form a Volume in which will be given a vignette-title and contents."--Back wrapper.
According to the London city directories, printer J.V. Quick was active from ca. 1823 to 1853.
Series title from front wrapper.
Hand-colored wood-engraved frontispiece.
"This little work will be published every fortnight, to contain 26 pages of Letter Press, a coloured frontispiece, uniformly printed on yellow wove demy, and stiched in a wrapper ... Every Number will be complete in itself ... every 10 Numbers will form a Volume in which will be given a vignette-title and contents."--Back wrapper.
According to the London city directories, printer J.V. Quick was active from ca. 1823 to 1853.
Description
30 p. : ill. ; 12 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of Janet and C.R. Ashbee; purchased from Marlborough Books, Apr. 2009.
Binding
Plain gray paper over carding; original printed yellow wrappers bound in.
Classification
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Department