Antique Book Question

The Oort Cloud · 19-09-2019 9:47pm #1

Hello Folks.

I found this old book from 1878 in my attic. There is a womans signature on the first page... Mary Babbage signed 1879. Now I could be wrong with the surname as it was rubbed off a little bit by some one. Can any-one make the surname out?. Maybe it can be read with some digital computer software?

Not sure if this is worth anything but it is old. The name of the book is called...
ARIADNE. The Story Of A Dream. By OUIDA, Picture's below. It say's New Edition, London. Chatto And Windus Piccadilly 1878. It seems that the woman mentioned above signed the book 1 year after it was published. A new edition from 1878, what do you think folk's, is it worth anything at all?. I know that a first edition would be expensive, but I'm not sure on this one.

Thank's for any replies

Oort.

The Oort Cloud · 19-09-2019 9:56pm

Antique Book.

coylemj · 19-09-2019 10:14pm

Your book was by an English author called Maria Louise Ramé. She seems to have been the Barara Cartland of late Victorian England and wrote under the pseudonym Ouida - didn't you even bother to Google 'ouida'?

That novel was one of over 40 she wrote and gets no special mention in her entry in Wikipedia, or anywhere else for that matter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouida
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ouida

elperello · 19-09-2019 10:16pm

Here your book is shown as first published 1877.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouida
As you can see her name was not the one inscribed on your book. Probably the name of the first owner.
Here are some copies for sale.
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=&an=ouida&tn=ariadne%20story%20dream&n=100121503&cm_sp=mbc-_-ats-_-used
Your edition is listed at £25.

The Oort Cloud · 19-09-2019 10:39pm

coylemj wrote: »

Your book was by an English author called Maria Louise Ramé. She seems to have been the Barara Cartland of late Victorian England and wrote under the pseudonym Ouida - didn't you even bother to Google 'ouida'?

That novel was one of over 40 she wrote and gets no special mention in her entry in Wikipedia, or anywhere else for that matter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouida
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ouida

Thank you for the reply. I'll be honest with you, I didn't google it, I just popped it up here first just to see what the experts opinion is

The Oort Cloud · 19-09-2019 10:42pm

elperello wrote: »

Here your book is shown as first published 1877.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouida
As you can see her name was not the one inscribed on your book. Probably the name of the first owner.
Here are some copies for sale.
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=&an=ouida&tn=ariadne%20story%20dream&n=100121503&cm_sp=mbc-_-ats-_-used
Your edition is listed at £25.

I am very well aware of that. I was just wondering what the womans surname was of which is written and signed on the book. I know the sig is not the author.

Thank's for your information.

Day Lewin · 23-09-2019 7:39am

Doesn't look like a doubled letter in the middle, so possibly not "Babbage"

More like "Partridge"?

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