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

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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Spine titles in Giffard’s hand

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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Northanger Abbey, and, Persuasion

Jane Austen

London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1818.

Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book copy 2: Binding: Paper covered boards with tan paper spine with printed spine labels and manuscript volume numbers. Rare Book copy 2: From the library of Eliza Giffard with her name on title pages and on front pastedowns.

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The village of Mariendorpt: a tale

Anna Maria Porter

In four volumes

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit copy 1 inscribed: ‘Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire’ on title pages and ‘Eliza Giffard’ on front pastedowns. In original publishers’ blue boards with drab spines, paper labels and ms. title and volume numbers in Giffard’s hand. 

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Book spines with handwritten text at top.
Manuscript titles and volume numbers on spine of “The village of Mariendorpt”, 1821. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on title-page of volume 1 of “The village of Mariendorpt” (1821). Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription in volume 1 of “The village of Mariendorpt” (1821). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

The knight of St. John: a romance

Anna Maria Porter

In three volumes

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit set inscribed: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire, on inner pastedown endpapers. In original drab paper covered boards with title, “Kt. St. John” and volume numbers in ms. hand at head of spine on each volume above labels.

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Book spines with handwritten text at top.
Spines showing manuscript titles and volume numbers at head of all volumes. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on title-page of volume 3 of “The Knight of St. John” (1817). Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription in volume 1 of “The village of Mariendorpt” (1821). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

 

Family annals, or, The sisters

Mary Hays

London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1817.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Special Collections copy 1 inscribed: Eliza Giffard on front pastedown. Copy in original blue paper covered boards with drab paper spine, with title ‘The Sisters’ in ms. hand at head. Paper label showing title, and price, ‘5 shillings in boards’. 

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Book spine with handwritten text at top.
Manuscript titling at head of spine of “Family annals” (1817). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on front paste-down of “Family annals” (1817). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Mansfield Park: a novel

By the Author of “Pride and prejudice”.

Jane Austen

Second edition.

London: For J. Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1816.

University of Cambridge

Provenance of Keynes.K.1.4-6: from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. – Inscribed: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire. Bound in paper covered boards.

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