A book for a rainy day, or, Recollections of the events of the years 1766-1833 / by John Thomas Smith ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Wilfred Whitten ; with illustrations from contemporary prints.
John Thomas (Antiquity) Smith (London 1766 – London 1833)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3255811
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 332 p., [47] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 8vo. Pencil checkmark on front free endpaper verso. Occasional pencil text marking. Ephemera: loosely inserted: (1) clipping from bookdealer's catalogue, describing this copy; (2) card with manuscript inscription: "With very best Christmas / wishes & with love / from Margo. / Sawyers will change it / for anything you prefer" [i.e. from Margery Greenwood, Viscountess Greenwood (1886-1968)]. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (not in Franks), signed PT [i.e. Philip Tilden (1887-1956)]: 'Ex libris Harrison & Miranda'. Twentieth-century pictorial crest bookplate: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ink stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, London.' Binding: Twentieth-century half green morocco, green cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt panelled spine; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'A book for a rainy day' and 'Smith'; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
John Thomas (Antiquity) Smith (London 1766 – London 1833), author Whitten, Wilfred, editor