A Children's Summer

Authors:

Boyle, Mary Louisa (M.L.B.) (1810-1890) *

Boyle, Eleanor Vere (E.V.B.) (1825-1916) *

Published:

London : Addey & Co. (21, Old Bond Street), 1853

Format:

oblong folio, half bound

Catalogue description:

Eleven large and charming Etchings on steel by E. V. B. [the Hon. Mrs. Boyle], illustrated in Prose and Rhyme by M. L. B. and W. M. C. (stained)

Number of volumes:

Languages:

English

Sale price:

12s.

Appears in:

Stonehouse Catalogue (1878)

CD Junior's Catalogue

Other sources

Source reference:

S020.4; C015.08; DM5174

Location in CD Junior's Catalogue:

Dr.R.

Current location:

Dickens Museum

Stonehouse Catalogue:

Presentation copy from the Authoress; inscribed, 'Charles Dickens; from one of his truest Worshippers, M. L. B. New Year's Eve.'

Dickens Museum:

Presentation copy to Dickens of 'A Children's Summer' by MLB (Mary Louisa Boyle) with illustrations by EVB (Eleanor Vere Boyle), 1853. Illustrated in prose and rhyme with an inscription by the author to Dickens. Contains Charles Dickens's bookplate and the bookplate of the library at Gad's Hill. Dickens met Mary Louisa Boyle in 1849 and they acted together in amateur theatricals. She was a contributor to Household Words.
Given by Mrs Warhurst. Notes by K Tillotson interleaved.