• Publication: MarchmontPublication Record # 526523
• Author: Charlotte Smith
• Date: 1796-10-31
• Publisher: Sampson Low
• Price:
  16/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: xvi+309+256+268+442
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes:

  • First edition. Published in 4 volumes.
  • Data from dealer L.W. Currey (LWCurrey.com) and library records
  • Library of Congress LCCN 44-27166, which links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) LCCN 88-38440 (1989 facsimile reproduction) (vols 1-4) OCLC 833610498, OCLC 833610506, OCLC 833610518, and OCLC 833610531
  • Publication date and price from advertisement The Observer 1796-10-30 p1 (four lines, quote):   To-morrow will be published, in Four Volumes, price 16s. [16/-]   Marchmont: a Novel. By Charlotte Smith.   Fifty Copies of which are printed on extra large and fine paper, hot-pressed, price 1l. [1£]   Printed by and for Sampson Low, Berwick-street, Soho.
  • HDL (catalog record) provides full view of one copy (second copy of vol 4 only), not consulted for data except this note on Volume 1: -- title page, p[iii], shows "Marchmont: A Novel." (two lines) -- "Preface" spans pp. [v]-xvi -- p.xvi ends with "Erratum" (3 items) and at lower right corner the one word "MARCH" -- Chapters I-XII spans p[1]-309; "End of the First Volume."
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 44-27166
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 537112045 6883452

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• Marchmont • (1796) • novel by Charlotte Smith