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A publisher and his friends : memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray : with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843 / Samuel Smiles ; in two volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Byron Z325.M9 S6 1891 v.1:pt.1 v.1:pt.2 v.2:pt.1 v.2:pt.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murray, John, 1778-1843.
- Murray, John.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
- John Murray (Firm).
- Publishers and publishing--19th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Friends and associates.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Correspondence.
- Friends and associates.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Illustrated books.
- Personal correspondence.
- Penn Provenance:
- Davis, Meyer (donor)
- Davis, Hilda Emery (donor)
- Davis, Meyer, Jr. (honoree)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : John Murray ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries in 1966 by Meyer and Hilda Emery Davis in memory of their son, Meyer Davis, Jr.
- Penn Libraries copy bound in 4 vols. with ms. title pages inserted at beginning of v. 2 and v. 4; extra-illustrated with 176 plates of portraits of literary figures and illustrations of places mentioned in the work.
- Penn Libraries copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full leather with covers stamped in gold and blind; five raised, gold-stamped bands on spine; gold-stamped spine panels; 2 green leather labels on spine containing title, author's last name and volume number stamped in gold; "Extra Illustrated 1891" stamped in gold at foot of spine; gold-stamped cover-edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; gilt tops; yellow silk marker.
- OCLC:
- 43388197
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