Shelfmark
Lh.5.25 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Lh.5.26 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Lh.5.27 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Lh.5.28 (Copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Lh.5.29 (Copy 5)
Author
Title
The man who lost himself / by Osbert Sitwell.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Duckworth, 3 Henrietta Street, London, 1929.
Physical description
viii, 288 p. ; 19 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
[Copy 1]: Publisher's black cloth quarter-binding with brown, black, gold, and orange decorated paper boards ; lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript bookseller's notes and code in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript inscription: "Rex Whistler".
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript inscription: "Rex Whistler, with friendship and esteem, from Osbert Sitwell. Nov. 1929".
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Manuscript bookseller's note and price in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Manuscript inscription: "For David [Horner], without whose aid this book would never have been printed, with all affection from Osbert [Sitwell], 1929".
Provenance
[Copy 3]: Manuscript bookseller's code and note in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 3]: Manuscript inscription: "For Frank Swinnerton, my earliest guide and mentor, from Osbert Sitwell. 1929".
Binding
[Copy 2]: 20th century green morroco with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on spine and boards; green marbled endpapers; bound by Slinn (binder's stamp on front pastedown.
Binding
[Copy 3]: With dust-jacket.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2]: Some leaves unopened.
Subject
English literature 20th century.
Added entry--name
Whistler, Rex, 1905 - 1944 former owner.
Added entry--name
Horner, David former owner.
Added entry--name
Swinnerton, Frank, 1884 - 1982 former owner.
Added entry--name
Duckworth publisher.
Added entry--name
Slinn binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B23274