Simple tales

Mrs. Opie [Amelia Opie]

In four volumes

First edition

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1806.

Fales Library. New York University Special Collections. 

Fales Brit copy inscribed ‘Mary Eleanor Giffard (Nerquis) 1807’on title page. In original publishers’ green-blue boards with ms. title, author and volume numbers at head of spine.

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Book spines with handwritten text at top.
Manuscript titling at spine heads on volumes of “Simple tales” (1806). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on title-page of volume 2 of “Simple tales” (1806). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

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