Month: October 2015

Mothers and daughters, a tale of the year 1830

Mrs. Catherine Gore

London: H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831.

Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book copy: From the library of Eliza Giffard with… Binding: Blue paper covered boards with printed paper spine labels and manuscript volume numbers.

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Carwell; or, Crime and sorrow

[Caroline Henrietta Sheridan]

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1830.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance: Inscription on front paste-down: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire”; inscription on title-page: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis”; acquired from Pickering, 17 August 1954.

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Pen Tamar: or, The history of an old maid

H.M. (Henrietta Maria) Bowdler

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830.

University of Toronto, Massey College Library (Robertson Davies)

With ownership inscription: “Eliza Giffard Nerquis”. Bound in brown paper-covered boards with beige title label printed in black on spine.

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Sydenham, or, Memoirs of a man of the world

[W. Massie]

In three volumes

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Special Collections copy 1 inscribed: Eliza Giffard on front pastedowns. In original publishers’ blue boards, drab spine with ms. title and volume numbers in Giffard’s hand above at head of volumes 2 and 3; missing paper spine at head of volume 1. 

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Book spines with handwritten text at top.
Spine head detail of set of “Sydenham” (1830), showing manuscript titling. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Front paste-down, showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Maxwell

Theodore Edward Hook

[London]: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830.

Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Rare Book copy: From the library of Eliza Giffard with her name on title pages and on front pastedowns. Binding: Blue paper covered boards with tan paper spine with printed spine labels and manuscript volume numbers.

Giffard signature of ownership
Titlepage of ‘Maxwell’, showing Giffard ownership signature

Authenticated report of the discussion which took place between the rev. Richard T.P. Pope and the rev. Thomas Maguire in the lecture room of the Dublin institution, 1827.

Richard Thomas P. Pope

Dubl., 1827.

Oxford University, Bodleian Library

Provenance name: Giffard, Eliza. – Provenance note: Signed: Eliza Giffard.

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Vivian Grey

Benjamin Disraeli

In five volumes.

London: Henry Colburn, 1826-1827.

Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book copy: From the library of Eliza Giffard. July 27, 2012. 5v. Binding: Blue paper-covered boards with tan paper spine, printed spine labels, and manuscript volume numbers.

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Vivian Grey - Eliza Giffard library
Spine titles in Giffard’s hand

Description of the iron bridges of suspension now erecting over the strait of Menai, at Bangor, and over the river Conway, in North Wales

with two views, also some account of the different bridges of suspension in England and Scotland, particularly of Captain S. Brown’s iron bar bridge over the river Tweed: with remarks on the proposed suspension bridge over the river Mercy, at Runcorn Gap, and some calculations of the strength of malleable iron, founded on experiments.

T.G. Cumming

London : Printed for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn, (London : Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street), 1824.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

“Eliza Giffard” inscribed inside front cover.

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The spaewife: a tale of the Scottish chronicles

John Galt

In three volumes.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London: G. & W.. Whittaker, 1823.

Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book copy: From the library of Eliza Giffard with her name on title pages and on front pastedowns. 3v. Binding: Blue paper covered boards with printed paper spine labels and manuscript volume numbers.

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A catechism of astronomy

containing a concise explanation of the nature and properties of the heavenly bodies.

William Pinnock

9th ed., considerably enl. and improved.

London: Printed by G & W.B. Whittaker, 13 Ave-Maria Lane, [1822].

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit. c.1 inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis”–front pastedown. This copy bound with A catechism of geography. 1824 ; A catechism of British geography, in two parts, third ed., 1820. Bound in half calf over marbled paperboards ; black leather spine label with title “Astronomy, Geography, British Geography” in gold ; speckled edges.

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The universal letter-writer, or, New art of polite correspondence

containing a course of interesting original letters on the most important, instructive, and entertaining subjects which may serve as copies for inditing letters on the various occurences in life with a plain and easy grammar of the English language to which are added, forms of mortgages, letter of licence, bonds, indentures, wills, wills and powers, letters of attorney, &c. &c. Likewise, the complete petitioner and directions for addressing persons of all ranks, either in writing or discourse…by the Rev. Thomas Cooke, A.B., one of the authors of the New Royal and Universal dictionary of arts and sciences.

Rev. Thomas Cooke, A.B.

Derby: Printed by and for Henry Mozley, Brook-Street; and sold by G. Cowie and co. Poultry, London, 1822.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit. c.1 inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis”–front flyleaf.

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Inside cover of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on front paste-down of “The Universal letter-writer” (1822). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Scrapiana, or, Elegant extracts of wit

Being a complete collection of humourous pieces in prose and in verse, on an entire new arrangement: and containing many original anecdotes and poems by eminent men, which have never before been published.

London: T. and J. Allman [etc., etc.], 1818.

Yale University, Beinecke Library

BEIN Har28 Scr16: Advertising matter: 4 p. at end. Autograph of Eliza Gifford [sic]

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