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