Memories of Old Friends: Being Extracts from the Journal and Letters of Caroline Fox of Penjerrick, Cornwall from 1835-1871 Hardcover - 1882

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1882. Unique Extra-Illustrated Edition with 92 plates, extended to Two Volumes. A cornucopia of women and men of science, literature and philosophy from the 19th century, first hand accounts, letters, and other subjective observations of the era. Each volume has the former owner's engraved armorial bookplate, Rodman Wanamaker, son of American businessmann, John Wanamaker. His son worked in his father;s establishments and supported an expedition to photograph Native Americans. Full leather fine bindings by W.Root and Son. Green Moroccon leather with spines turned brown from sunning. Double gilt ruling boards to all covers with corner gilt floral motif, repeated on spine and panels between five raised bands. Top edges gilt. Double ruled gilt bordering to turn-ins with offset visible to facing fre end pages. Very light rubbing and some wear to extremities and joints. Both volumes are well bound. Some slight soiling affecting several pages, but limited in each case. Off and on light pencil marks or notations, some notes to rear of volume in pencil, also. A few plates show offset to facing pages, otherwise very clean interiors. Contains 92 plates, mostly engravings, variously inserted into binding, pasted, or inlaid into the leaves, some fold-outs, all associated with the text. One plate has a short tear affecting the margin area only. One plate has an inserted signature below (Turner, and appears to be a facsimile). Green silken bookmark ribbon in each volume. . Association Copy. Leather. Very Good or Better/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.