The deserted cottage
By: by William Wordsworth ; illustrated with twenty-one designs by Birket Foster, J. Wolf, and John Gilbert ; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Contributors: Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899; Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899; Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897; Warren, Albert Henry, 1830-1911; Dalziel Brothers; Richard Clay (Firm); Bone & Son
Publisher: George Routledge & Co.
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Wordsworth's Deserted cottage :
Notes: MASS copy 1: Bound in blue morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind with spine signed [AW?] [i.e. Albert Henry Warren]; a.e.g.  Upper cover blocked in gold with titling design within a central ogee-like shaped panel. Binding design was also used on McLean O 388, and used on McLean O 33 with an additional signature "AW" on the upper cover titling design. Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g. With armorial bookplate: "Stephen Herbert Gatty" and presentation inscription to "S. H. Gatty" from "R. B. Michell".

MASS copy 2: Bound in bright green morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and black in the same design as copy 1, but with the central titling design blocked in gold on both the upper and lower covers.  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Bone & Son,  76, Fleet St. London.".  With presentation inscription dated 1859.  With bookplate: "Ex libris C. J. Peacock.".

MASS copy 3: Bound in bright green morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and black in the same design and with the same binder's ticket as copy 2.  With presentation inscription to "Ellen Waterhouse" from "Maria Jane Crewdson" dated 1859.  Lacking Signature marks "D" on p. 17 and "H" on p. 49.

MASS copy 4: Bound in orange morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and black in the same design and with the same binder's ticket as copies 2 and 3.  With embossed stamp: "Wight & Bailey Promenade Cheltenham".  With prize inscription dated 1860 at "Elm Field" to "Julia Nicholas  First Prize for Chronology" and subsequent presentation inscription to "E. H. H. Shorting" from "Aunt Julia".