Shelfmark
Le.4.14A (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kc.5.23 (copy 2)
Title
The venture : an annual of art and literature / edited by Laurence Housman and W. Somerset Maugham.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : At John Baillie's, 1, Princes Terrace, Hereford Road, W., 1903.
Physical description
[8], 250p : ill., woodcuts ; 26cm.
Note
Includes contributions by John Masefield, G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Hardy, et al.; also includes woodcuts by Edward Gordon Craig, Laurence Housman and others.
Note
Colophon: The Pear Tree Press.
Note
Paper has horizontal chain lines; edges uncut.
Note
Publisher's cream cloth spine with cream decorated paper boards; decorated endpapers.
Provenance
Copy 1: Given to ECL by Nicholas Kessler.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate of Nicholas Kessler.
Provenance
Copy 1: Stamp on title-page: "Spokane Public Library".
Provenance
Copy 2: Inscription of M. F. Crane, Holland St. dated 4.3.'[19]04.
Binding
Copy 1: Binding in clear plastic wrapper.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. bookseller's code in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Previous library stamps and ms. shelfmarks.
Added entry--name
Maugham, W. Somerset, 1874 - 1965 (William Somerset)
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Masefield, John, 1878 - 1967 contributor.
Added entry--name
Chesterton, G. K., 1874 - 1936 (Gilbert Keith) contributor.
Added entry--name
Hardy, Thomas, 1840 - 1928 contributor.
Added entry--name
Baillie, John publisher.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 contributor.
Added entry--name
Spokane Public Library former owner.
Added entry--name
Pear Tree Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B21412