The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle forest / by William Harrison Ainsworth ; with illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, R.A.
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882)
Category
Books
Date
1913 - 1923
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124634
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 492 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. (23 cm). Uniformly bound and shelved with other novels by Ainsworth. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil letter "F" at head of frontispiece [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half calf, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The Lancashire witches' and 'Ainsworth'; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's black stamp on front pastedown: 'Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W'.
Makers and roles
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882), author Sir John Gilbert RA (Blackheath 1817 – Blackheath 1897), illustrator