ROMILLY-EDGEWORTH LETTERS 1813-1818
London: John Murray, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; xv, 194 pages; VG/G+; spine beige with red and black lettering; dust jacket protected with mylar; price unclipped reading "9s. net", some shelfwear to dust jacket, including chipping, heavy discoloration and liquid stain to spine, small open and closed tears, and five pieces of tape to the interior of the dust jacket at the hinges and head and tail of spine; some foxing to head of textblock, otherwise clean; inscribed by Samuel Henry Romilly on ffep dated August 28, 1930; very mild textblock split to expose webbing at half-title; black and white illustrations throughout; one ink annotation to the margin of page 1; shelved case 10.
1364805
Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $200
NOTES
Samuel Henry Romilly (1849-1940) was the grandson of Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), a British lawyer, politician, and criminal law reformer. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1814) was a British and Irish politician, writer, and inventor. His daughter, Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) was a British and Irish novelist and children's author who corresponded with many prominent figures of her era, such as Sir Walter Scott.