The lamplighter
Maria Susanna Cummins (1827 - 1866)
Category
Books
Date
1875
Materials
Place of origin
London
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3190713
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 396 p., frontis., [6] leaves of plates :. ill. ;. 17 cm. Old shelfmark: Attic AT20/29. A previous pressmark has been rubbed out on half-title, probably from House Keeper's room. Provenance: Inscription in ink on inside front cover: `Lady Lucy Calvert, 38 Upper Grosvenor Street' [London], with price in pencil above: `5/-' [Lucy Calvert was wife of Frederick Calvert, QC, and lived here from 1867-78. T. C. Agar-Robartes of Lanhydrock lived nearby in 1880s - Survey of London, vol. 40]. Binding: Publisher's case, covered in red cloth, with lettering embossed on gold on spine and front, and embossed ornaments. Gilt edges. Binding broken, spine torn.
Makers and roles
Maria Susanna Cummins (1827 - 1866)