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Ennui, and Emilie de Coulanges: being Tales of Fashionable Life.
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Edgeworth, Maria
Title
Ennui, and Emilie de Coulanges: being Tales of Fashionable Life.
Object type Book binding
Date [1856]
Dimensions 108 × 168 × 20 mm (4.25 × 6.61 × 0.78 in)
British Library
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C188a573
Place of creation London: George Routledge & Cp., Farringdon Street; New York: 18 Beekman Street. London: Savill and Edwards, Printers, Chandos Street. 241p.
Notes Robin de Beaumont’s small square bookplate is on the upper endpaper verso. He acquired the book from John Hunt for £15 in 8. [19]91. On a separate paper slip he has noted: ‘Strangely, Jarndyce has [an] equally good copy. 5th ABA Grosvenor House 6.95 £100! Possibly his [copy] was fractionally better.’ Inscribed on the title page: “Miss G. A. Jones.” On the upper pastedown, the ticket of: “ H. Cleaver [i.e. Abraham Harold Cleaver (1869-1942)], Bookseller, 9 New Bond St Bath.” Yellow paper over boards. The lower cover has publisher’s titles, together with the imprint: “Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Racquet Court, Fleet Street.” The upper cover is printed in colours. It shows a sea scene, with a boy dangling from a rope adjacent to the cliff. The boy looks as though he is calling out to a man seated on the beach. At the head, the words: “/ Ennui/ by Maria Edgeworth/” are printed. At the tail, the price: “/One Shilling/” is printed within a rectangle. Below this the imprinted is in red against a black background. The spine has within a circle a ‘trefoil’ in red, and three small red buds. The words: “/ Ennui./ Edgeworth/” are printed near the head. At the tail, the price: “1/- [one shilling] is printed. This book acquired with the generous assistance of the British Library Collections Trust. Another copy (probably) of this work at BL shelf mark 12618a42
References The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 189.
Source/Photographer British Library
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