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A Charming Wedgwood Title

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A Charming Wedgwood Title
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Gladstone, William Ewart. WEDGWOOD: AN ADDRESS. London: John Murray, 1863. 12mo, somewhat later brown half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in. Frontispiece portraits of Wedgwood by Flaxman; 64 pages; subscription circular toward the memorial building for Wedgwood bound in. Some annotations in pencil. Two letters (one dated 1941, the other undated) from Mrs. Nora (James M.) Todd to Mrs. (Jean) Gorely tipped or laid in, along with a diminutive calling card for the former. Extremities rubbed; very good. The book publishes an address delivered in October 1863 at the laying of the cornerstone for a memorial building in honor of Joshia Wedgwood (1730-95). The letters are between a Mrs. Nora Todd, a Wedgwood connoisseur, and Jean Gorely, who would later write her own book on Wedgwood. A charming little volume.