NMLP P-034735 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

The Tower of London: A Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · Richard Bentley (London) · 1840

Originally issued in 13 monthly parts (January-December 1840) in pictorial wrappers, with the complete bound octavo volume appearing alongside the final part in December 1840; the first-state plate points at pages 16, 28, and 45 apply whether a copy survives in parts or was bound up into a volume.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034735 for "The Tower of London: A Historical Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034735, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).