1833 Literary Souvenir - Alaric A. Watts (Ed.) & Edward Hyde Greg Provenance

Description: The Literary Souvenir. Edited by Alaric A. Watts. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. 1833, half-leather marbled boards with gilt ruling, Edward Hyde Greg personal bookplate, nine out of ten plates present - last plate lacking on 283 pp. 306 pp, 8 x 5", 8vo. In good condition. Boards are lightly scuffed at edges & bumped/worn at corners. Light scuffing to marbling on boards. Hinges rubbed, but gilt lettering and deco on leather spine bright and clean. Top edge gilt. Edward Hyde Greg's bookplate found on front paste-down. Light toning and age-staining throughout text-block, especially to plates and their tissue guards. Off-setting exhibited on tissue guards as well. Binding intact. Please see photos. Edward Hyde Greg (1827-1910) was the grandson of Samuel Greg (1758-1834) who built Quarry Bank Mill, which came to become the largest textile mill in the country. Quarry Bank Mill (also known as Styal Mill) in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Built in 1784, the cotton mill is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The mill was notable for innovations both in machinery and also in its approach to labor relations, the latter largely as a result of the work of Greg's wife, Hannah Lightbody. Edward Hyde Greg was the son of Robert Hyde Greg (1795-1875) who joined his father, Samuel Greg's, textile manufacturing enterprise and introduced weaving. A family line of rich history, which can still be research and enjoyed today. English history - presents well. COLI1833AFGB11/23 - HK957

Price: 175 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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