The Isle of Wight
Bound volume
The Isle of Wight
1869
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 8 7/8 × 7 × 1 1/8 in. (22.5 × 17.8 × 2.9 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1950.0006.0004
DescriptionPhotographically illustrated book containing 21 albumen silver prints, published by Provost & Co. and printed by Unwin Brothers. Cover is red and debossed with gold lettering and illustration.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on spine, OA: THE \ ISLE OF WIGHT \ ILLUSTRATED \ BY \ PHOTOGRAPHY
Debossed in gold on front cover, OA: THE \ ISLE OF WIGHT \ ILLUSTRATED \ BY \ PHOTOGRAPHY
Printed and inscribed on slip inserted in front cover: 1/2 BOOKS WITH CARE \ Mr. Alden Scott Boyer \ 2700. Wabash Avenue \ Chicago. Ill. \ DATE 3/5/47 PER U.S.A. \ HENRY CORK \ 73 QUEENSWOOD ROAD, FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E.23
Stamped in purple on slip inserted in front cover: PASSED FREE \ U.S. CUSTOMS \ CHICAGO P.O. \ GK
Inscribed in pencil on free end paper, TRC: 1869
Inscribed in black ink on flyleaf, TR: Ryde. \ Isle of Wight. \ June 27th \ 1871.
Inscribed in blue pencil on end sheet, T: From London H Cork \ II [circled] Σv Boyer 5/1947
Debossed in gold on front cover, OA: THE \ ISLE OF WIGHT \ ILLUSTRATED \ BY \ PHOTOGRAPHY
Printed and inscribed on slip inserted in front cover: 1/2 BOOKS WITH CARE \ Mr. Alden Scott Boyer \ 2700. Wabash Avenue \ Chicago. Ill. \ DATE 3/5/47 PER U.S.A. \ HENRY CORK \ 73 QUEENSWOOD ROAD, FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E.23
Stamped in purple on slip inserted in front cover: PASSED FREE \ U.S. CUSTOMS \ CHICAGO P.O. \ GK
Inscribed in pencil on free end paper, TRC: 1869
Inscribed in black ink on flyleaf, TR: Ryde. \ Isle of Wight. \ June 27th \ 1871.
Inscribed in blue pencil on end sheet, T: From London H Cork \ II [circled] Σv Boyer 5/1947
