Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis

Item #6945 Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852. Miss Mary Berry.

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis.

Berry, Miss Mary

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Later half green polished calf over green cloth, gilt, by Morrell. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. Spines uniformly faded. Spines and edges a bit rubbed. Bindings firm and strong. Armorial bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs to each front pastedown and his ink ownership to each half-title. The first blank page in each volume has the ex libris blind stamp of Derek Gair Gibson. Very good. Item #6945

Miss Mary Berry (1763-1852) has perhaps been overshadowed by her association with Horace Walpole.