Tag: epistolary novels

Leonora

Maria Edgeworth

In two volumes

New edition

London: Printed for R. Hunter, successor to J.Johnson, St. Paul’s Churchyard; and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, Paternoster Row; London: Stower & Smallfield, Printers, Hackney, 1815.

New York University. Special Collections. Fales Library

Fales Brit copy two volumes bound in one. Title page signed, “Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire.” Bound in half calf, brown marble paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, red speckled edges.

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Front cover of book showing marbled paper cover.
Spine and cover of Giffard’s copy of “Leonora” (1815). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on the title-page of “Leonora” (1815). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Self-deception: in a series of letters

Emma Parker

In two volumes

London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1816 (London: Printed by C. Roworth), 1816.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit volumes inscribed inside of front cover and on title pages of vol. 1 & 2: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire. In original publishers’ drab boards with ms. spine markings of title and volume numbers, in Giffard’s hand. 

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Book spines with handwritten text at top.
Spine detail of both volumes of “Self-deception”, showing ink titling. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Front paste-down of “Self-deception”, showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Title-page of “Self-deception”, volume 1, showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.