The twin brothers; or, Virtue and vice contrasted

A tale for youth. 

London: Printed for Tegg and Castleman, 122, St. John’s Street, West Smithfield, B. Crosby and Co. Stationers Court, Champante and Whitrow, Aldgate, Howard and Evans, Long Lane, Wilmot and Hill, Borough, T. Hughes, Queen’s Head Passage, and T. Ostell, Ave Maria Lane, [not after 1804]

University of Pennsylvania. Kislak Center for Special Collections – Singer-Mendenhall Collection. 

Signature ‘Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire 1807’ on front pastedown. 

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The village library: intended for the use of young persons

Miss [Elizabeth] Gunning

London: Printed for B. Crosby and Co., Stationers’-Court, Paternoster-Row, 1802. Printer: J. Cundee, Ivy-Land.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections.

Inscribed, “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire 1807”, on front pastedown endpaper. In marbled paper covered boards (marbled paper is printed waste). Dark brown leather covered spine with printed label on red paper.

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Front paste-down of “The village library” (1802) showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
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Front cover of “The village library”, showing use of paper scrap in marbling. Courtesy of NYU Special Collections.

A puzzle for a curious girl

S.W.

A new edition

London: Tabart and Co., 1806

New York University. Special Collections. Fales Library.

Fales Brit. c.1 bound in marbled paperboards ; frontis. wanting. [5] p. of publisher’s advertisements at end. “Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire 1807”–front pastedown.

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Ownership inscription on front paste-down of “A Puzzle for a curious girl” (1806). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
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Front cover of “A Puzzle for a curious girl” (1806), from Giffard’s library. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

The parent’s assistant, or, Stories for children

Maria Edgeworth

In six volumes.

London: Printed for J. Johnson…by G. Woodfall, 1800.

Nottingham University, Special Collections, KMC Briggs Collection

Labels inside front covers of v. 1-6, “Presented to the University of Nottingham by W.G. Briggs, Esq., M.A., 1961”. Inscription inside front cover of v. 4: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”.

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Biography for boys, or, Characteristic histories:

calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones

Mrs. Pilkington.

London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, no. 31, Poultry, 1800 ([London: Printed] by J. Bonsor, Salisbury Square), 1800.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit. c.1 inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”–front pastedown. “Eleanor Gifford”–crossed out on title page. Bound in half-leather over marbled paper boards. 

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Crossed out ownership inscription of Eleanor Giffard on title-page of “Biography for boys”. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
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Front paste-down of “Biography for boys” showing ownership inscription with date. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
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Marbled paper cover of “Biography for boys’. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Introduction to the art of thinking

Henry Home Kames

Third edition, enlarged with additions maxims and illustrations.

London: Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, MDCCLXXV [1775]

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

Provenance: Inscription on front paste-down of each volume: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire”; inscription on title-page of each volume: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis”.

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