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The last page of The Alpine Wanderers, which shows 38 in the upper left corner, the short title in all caps in the center of the header, and one short paragraph of prose. There is a lightly scribbled number in pencil. In the middle of the page is the word "FINIS." in all caps with wide spacing. At the bottom is printer information for J. Bailey. — The Alpine Wanderers

a handwritten note with a name and date that are crossed out — Angelina

The Castle Spectre; or, Family Horrors

The title page for Clairville Castle with handwriting in the upper right corner. — Clairville Castle

The Comet

The Commodore’s Daughter

This is an image of one of the pages of the chapbook. It is the only place in the whole text where there is a faint handwritten note. Here, it is under the chapter’s title. — Eliza: Or the Unhappy Nun

Falkner

Fatal Secrets

This image is of the inside cover of the novel. This includes a handwritten signature of a previous owner and a University of Virginia library identification card. — Faulconstein Forest

The Haunted Castle

The Imaginary Adultress

The Invisible Ring

Koenigsmark the Robber

The Last Man, A Romance in Futurity

The Last Man, A Romance in Futurity

The Last Man, A Romance in Futurity

The Last Man, A Romance in Futurity

This is an image of the inside cover of the collection of chapbooks. There is a handwritten table of contents that lists the names of different stories. — Letters from Yorick to Eliza

Lucretia

This bookplate, which is centered on the page, is of a crest with "FIDELIS" on a banner underneath, and "John Waldie Hendersyde." in larger script below the crest and banner. A bird with a twig in its mouth stand atop the crest. There is an E handwritten in pencil to the upper left of the bookplate. There is also a blue horizontal rectangular sticker below the crest and name, which has a thin black border and reads "Novels and Romances. } No." and then "893" is written in pencil on the blue sticker. — The Magician

The left-hand page of the two-page spread of end papers with a handwritten table of contents. Only two notes of words and numbers are written in pencil within the bottom half of the this page. — The Magician, or the Mystical Adventures of Seraphina or Arabian Lovers

This handwritten table of contents includes words and numbers written in columns and in pencil — The Magician, or the Mystical Adventures of Seraphina or Arabian Lovers

The first page has the full title in the center in various fonts and sizes. The Minerva Press information is at the bottom of the page under a decorative line. A signature is at very top of the page on the right side. — The Magician, or the Mystical Adventures of Seraphina

A photo of the title page of the second edition of Manuel: A Tragedy. States that this rendition is the version as it was presented at the Drury-Lane theatre. States that it was written by “The Author of Bertram.” — Manuel: A Tragedy

Mary, the Maid of the Inn

Mary, the Maid of the Inn

Maximilian and Selina

Maximilian and Selina

This image is the title page of the chapbook. There something handwritten at the top, but it is not decipherable. The full title of The Mysterious Pilgrim story is written first, followed by a quote from William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona. This portion takes up two thirds of the page, and is followed by the title of The Hibernian Mendicant story. At the bottom of the page, the publishers’ information is listed. — The Mysterious Pilgrim

This page contains a handwritten table of contents, written at the beginning of the bound volume and including The Mystery of the Black Convent. — The Mystery of the Black Convent

Parental Murder

Parental Murder

Rayland Hall

Rose Sommerville

Rose Sommerville

The Round Tower

The Secret Oath

The Spectre Mother

This handwritten table of contents on the first page after the front cover of the book contains the titles, publishers, and published dates of most of the stories included in the book. — Tales of Terror!: Or, More Ghosts

Tales of the Passions: Jealousy

The Unfortunate Daughter

The Unfortunate Daughter

The Unfortunate Daughter

This image is of the front free endpaper of volume one with a handwritten inscription from a previous owner. The inscription is made in ink and contains a name and date written in large, loopy handwriting that is rather difficult to make out. Part of the name may be “Charles,” and the year listed is 1887. — The Witch of Ravensworth

This image is of the title page of volume one of The Witch of Ravensworth. It includes the full title in large font, the author, the volume number, and the publishing information. The title is underlined in pencil. — The Witch of Ravensworth

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