Lucy Crofton

Metadata

Title

Lucy Crofton

Author

Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897

Publisher

London : Ward, Lock and Co

Date

1881-1884

Description

Date of publication estimated from advertisement on p. [4] of cover and received date on t.p. of Athenaeum's copy.

Publisher's advertisements: [8] p. at end.

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisements on back cover; pastedowns, and flyleaves. Front cover ill. signed AC Corbould.

From: Griswold, Descriptive Lists of American, International, Romantic and British Novels (1891): “A happy marriage overshadowed to the wife by the one great sorrow of her life, the loss of her only child in its first infancy – the husband, kind, loving, indolent, a rich country gentleman, whose very ‘ease’ soaks up his talents, rendering them unfruitful – an orphan relative whom they adopt . . .”

Format

307 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Signed bindings (Binding)

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements

Provenance

In ink on t.p. of Athenaeum's copy: "Recd Jan. 28, 1884."

Citation

Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897, “Lucy Crofton,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 20, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/274.