Published by London and Derby Ward and Co, W and W Pike 1857, 1857
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
Condition: USED_FAIR. pp 40 Funeral particulars and pasted down newspaper cutting laid into a binding of half leather over marbled boards, with the title 'Derby's Misc:' to spine. In fair condition, boards worn to corners, spine skewed, the boards and several pages are detached. With bookplate of Bateman of Middleton Hall, Derby to front pastedown. The 4 page letter to the editor of the Sheffield Mercury makes fascinating reading: the distraught mother gives an emotional account of her daughter's elopement to Gretna Green with Mr Hardy and the subsequent appearance of "the ruthless villain" before Chesterfield magistrates court. Fair Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.