A child's history of England.
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Category
Books
Date
1854 - 1855
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3078808.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1, plates : ill. ; 16cm. Final leaf torn out (without loss of text). Provenance: Inscribed on verso flyleaf: "Etheldred Mary Anne Yorke [(1847-1919),daughter of Simon Yorke III of Erddig and Victoria Mary Louisa Cust] with mamma's love [i.e. Victoria Mary Louisa Cust (1823-95), daughter of Sir Edward Cust and Mary Anne Boode, m. Simon Yorke III of Erddig in 1846] Sept. 6th 1855". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full brown cloth, blind and gilt embossed. Marbled endpapers and edges.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Francis William Topham (Leeds 1808 - Cordova 1877)