Ginx's Baby: His Birth and other Misfortunes
Book
1871 (published)
1871 (published)
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Printed book, [8], 224, 4 pages. Case binding of blue sand grain cloth over boards. Title and publisher in gilt on upper cover and spine. Newspaper cuttings for the author pasted onto upper binder's leaf. Publisher's advertisements (4 p.) at end of volume.
Object details
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| Title | Ginx's Baby: His Birth and other Misfortunes (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound printed book. |
| Brief description | Book, by Edward Jenkins. Ginx's Baby: His Birth and other Misfortunes. London (56 Ludgate Hill): Strahan and Co., Publishers, 1871. NAL pressmark: 861.AA.3372. |
| Physical description | Printed book, [8], 224, 4 pages. Case binding of blue sand grain cloth over boards. Title and publisher in gilt on upper cover and spine. Newspaper cuttings for the author pasted onto upper binder's leaf. Publisher's advertisements (4 p.) at end of volume. |
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| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier |
| Object history | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown reads: 'Bound by Burn & Co.' Blind stamp on upper flyleaf reads: 'W.H. Smith & Son, Strand, London'. Newspaper cuttings dated 5 June and 6 June 1910 with obituary notices for the author pasted onto upper binder's leaf. Ownership inscription in pencil on title page (illegible) dated 21 Apr. 1871. Bookplate on upper pastedown reads: "From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier". Initialled in ink "AR" (ie. Anne Renier) on lower flyleaf. |
| Other number | 861.AA.3372 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041803058301 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2020 |
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