Object details
Object number
10.a.1.30
Creator(s)
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1836 - 1907, Boston)
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author
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Houghton, Mifflin And Company
(active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
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publisher
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Riverside Press
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
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printer
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Sarah Wyman Whitman
(Lowell, Massachusetts, 1842 - 1904, Boston)
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designer
Title
Wyndham Towers
Date
1889
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
quarter bound in vellum; green cloth; gilded stamped lettering and decoration; gilded top edge
Description
80 p. ; 21 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #006634048)
Dimensions
20.3 x 14 x 1.3 cm (8 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (on front end paper): 125
Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): Mrs. John L. Gardner / With the kindful regads of / T.B. Aldrich / Dec 15th 1889.
Inscribed in black ink (on half title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella S. Gardner / 1889
Enclosed: Clipping with photograph of the Thomas Bailey Aldrich Home at 59 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston (ARC.007828)
Provenance
Gift from author Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 15 December 1889.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Blue Room
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