The lady of Lyons; or, Love and pride
Subtitle: A play in five acts, as performed at the Theatre royal Covent Garden
By: By the author of "Eugene Aram," "The last days of Pompeii," "Rienzi," &c
Edition: Ninth edition.
Publisher: Saunders and Otley, Conduit street.
Published: 1839
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Notes: Autographed on half-title: Squire Bancroft.

Inscribed on title page: "Jos. F. Spearing to his friend Squire Bancroft his Birthday [mounted] printed clipping:] Thursday, May 14, 1863." The clipping obscures the date "1845" in Spearing's hand, presumably the year he procured the book.

Prompt copy, interleaved, with markings, and annotations in three hands, one occuring only up to page 23; a list of properties and notes on the inserted leaves appear to be largely in Spearing's hand; a manuscript title leaf reads "The lady of Lyons, altered--and marked with all the Stage directions according to the Prompters book of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, London". Three full-page pen-and-ink sketches for stage settings are inserted at unnumbered page 13, page 21 and page 39; a small sketch appears on leaf inserted at page 65.

Laid in are a sheet of stationery of the British Red Cross Society, for the Red Cross sale at Christie's, 1916, inscribed: "Presented by me to the Red Cross Sale: 1916. Squire Bancroft. February 24, 1916." and 2 slips stamped with the Red Cross insignia, numbered in manuscript 2062/1 and 2232/1.

Imperfect: a blank leaf has been pasted over unnumbered page 11, obscuring the divisional title and Bancroft's autograph.