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- 1851-1853 (Creation)
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206 ff. with insertions (paginated 1-411) ; 255 x 205 mm.
Leather over boards with gold and blind fillets and remains of brass clasp; 'LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST' (stamped in gold on front cover), 'XV' (label on spine), '1851 to[ ]' (label on front cover).
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Journal, 27 February 1851-1 September 1853, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Paris, Dowlais and Canford.
Papers loose in the volume comprise a postcard, 1897, from Messrs Birdsall, Northampton, [bookbinders], to Lady Charlotte's daughter, Mrs K[atherine Gwladys] Alderson, Lutterworth; and a letter, 1976, from John [Guest], Connecticut, to Dowager Viscountess Wimborne, enclosing photocopies of 8 pp., covering 18-22 July 1853, from a separate 'Works Journal' of Lady Charlotte in his possession.
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- English
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English.
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Covers worn.
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'C. E. Guest 1 Sept. 1853' on fly-leaf; 'C. E. Schreiber. Sunday. 3 June 1855' (p. 332).