Shelfmark
Lff.5.56
Additional shelfmark
Lff.5.57 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
The city of dreadful night : and other places / depicted by Rudyard Kipling.
Varying form of title
A. H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian railway library
Publication, distribution, etc.
Allahabad : A. H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, 1891.
Physical description
[8], 108, [10]p ; 22cm.
Series statement
(A. H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway library no. XIV [14])
Note
Series information from front wrapper.
Note
With front two and final five advertisement leaves.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation, ms. inscription: "March 1899, Major W. J. Myers".
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. inscription: "With E. W. Bue-Riley's compliments, 9.5.97, Stockport" ; ms. inscription: "This edition of Kipling's 'City of Dreadful Night' was issued in place of one dated 1890 and cancelled ... E. W. Bue-Riley, General Manager, Pioneer Press, Allahabad, March 3 1891".
Binding
Burgundy leather half-binding with marbled paper boards and gilt decoration and lettering on spine ; marbled endpapers ; bound by Zaehndorf (binder's stamp on front endpaper).
Binding
Copy 2: Grey cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board.
Copy-specific note
Loose ms. bookseller's note.
Copy-specific note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Previous library label on front pastedown.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Subject
India
Subject
Calcutta (India) Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 Former owner.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Bue-Riley, E. W. Inscriber.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
India Allahabad.
Identifier
B21645