Shelfmark
Lbb.4.18 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Lbb.4.19(01) (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Lbb.4.20 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Lbb.4.21 (Copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Lbb.4.22(01) (Copy 5)
Additional shelfmark
Hb.3.37(13) (Copy 6)
Author
Title
Thomas Gray / by Arthur Christopher Benson, of Eton College.
Varying form of title
Ode: in memory of the Rt. Honble. William Ewart Gladstone
Varying form of title
Monnow: an ode
Varying form of title
Ode in memoriam W. E. G.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : R. Ingalton Drake, 1895.
Physical description
[6], 10 p. ; 27 cm.
Note
Printer taken as publisher.
Note
Paper has horizontal chain lines.
Note
[Copy 3]: Original printed green paper wrappers.
With note
[Copy 2]: Bound with a copy of 'Ode: in memory of the Rt. Honble. William Ewart Gladstone', 1898; ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript annotations in pencil throughout text.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Multiple ALS pasted onto front endpaper to Loulou [Lewis Vernon Harcourt] from the author, referring to Lord Rosebery.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library.
Provenance
[Copy 3]: Armorial bookplate of Eton College inside front wrapper; armorial bookplate of Eton College Library on front paste-down.
Provenance
[Copy 6]: Bookplate of Eton School Library, inside front cover "Presented by Messrs Alden & Blackwell".
Binding
[Copy 1]: Green leather half-binding with marbled paper boards, gilt lettering on spine.
Binding
[Copy 2]: Green cloth binding with 'Thomas Gray', 'Ode in memoriam W. E. G.', and author's name stamped in gold on front board.
Binding
[Copy 3]: Vellum half-binding with grey paper boards, black lettering on spine; bound by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. (binder's stamp on front endpaper); original printed green paper wrappers bound with text.
Binding
[Copy 6]: Pamphlet volume bound in a 19th century vellum half-binding with buckram covered boards, marbled paper covered endpapers, gilt lettering on spine. Horizontal chain-lines.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1]: Label on front board and front endpaper with ms. shelfmark.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4]: Some leaves unopened; original printed green paper wrappers.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 5]: Bound with a copy of 'Monnow: an ode', 1896, and a copy of 'Ode: in memory of the Rt. Honble. William Ewart Gladstone', 1898; ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Subject
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 Viscount, former owner.
Added entry--name
Ingalton Drake, R. printer, publisher.
Added entry--name
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 1847 - 1929 Earl of, correspondent.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B19885