The flitch of bacon . of The custom of Dunmow. A tale of English home by William Harrison Ainsworth ... With illustrations by Sir John Gilbert ...
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882)
Category
Books
Date
1850
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3113531
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,290p., plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: William Henry Abbey [(1864-1943), High Sheriff of Sussex, of Sedgwick Park, Horsham, Sussex]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Forms part of a set with other Ainsworth novels, one volume of which is inscribed by Norris: Sexton, 110 Worth St., and in another hand: Đ18-10-0.. Binding: Late nineteenth-century half calf binding; marbled boards; gilt-tooled spines; brown and black leather spine labels; with additional title "Ainsworth's Novels"; sewn on five raised bands; marbled paper edges. Binder's stamp: Bickers & son.
Makers and roles
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882) Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897)