Shelfmark
Lp.2.24 (Copy 1)
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Lq.3.14 (Copy 2)
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Lq.3.15 (Copy 3)
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Icc5.1.18 (Copy 4)
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Ib7.3.26 (Copy 5)
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Ib7.3.27 (Copy 6)
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CS.Eto.1926.02 (Copy 7)
Author
Title
Eton and King's : recollections, mostly trivial, 1875-1925 / by M. R. James, Provost of Eton, Sometime Provost of King's.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Williams & Norgate, Ltd., 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C.2, 1926.
Physical description
xiv, 272 p. : front. ; 23 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Colophon: "Printed by the Whitefriars Press, Ltd., London and Tonbridge".
Provenance
[Copy 1] Bookplate of Shane Leslie with his ms. ownership signature, extensive annotations throughout text and tipped-in ms. notes, in pencil and ink in Shane Leslie's hand.
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[Copy 2] Booklabel of Eton College Library with ms. inscription: "The gift of Provost James" ; ms. inscription: "Author's copy".
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[Copy 3] Booklabel of the M. R. James Collection of Eton College Library with ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
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[Copy 3] Bookplate of James Orton.
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[Copy 3] Bookplate of Maurice Baring with ms. inscription: "Maurice [Baring] from Desmond [MacCarthy], May 1936".
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[Copy 4] Bookplate of John Carter.
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[Copy 4] From the library of A. E. Housman with [?]auctioneer's label.
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[Copy 5] Armorial bookplate of Gerald Walter Erskine Loder.
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[Copy 5] Label pasted on front free endpaper: "The Loder Collection No. ... "
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[Copy 5] Gerald Walter Erskine Loder donation label reading; "The collection of Eton prints & books made by Gerald Loder Lord Wakehurst RAHM 1875-1881 was given by his son RPLB 1908-1914".
Provenance
[Copy 6] Ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper: "R.A.A.L." i.e. Richard Arthur Austen Leigh.
Provenance
[Copy 6] Ms. inscription above the newspaper extract: "I asked A.B. Ramsay to review this bookin the E.C.C. and the only answer I got was that he was too busy and 'Why don't you do it yourself' which I did. R.A.A.L.".
Provenance
[Copy 7] Dedication ms inscription dated 1936 on front free endpaper.
Provenance
[Copy 7] Ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper: "MEL Curator's Library".
Binding
[Copy 1],[Copy 5], [Copy 6] and [Copy 7] Publisher's dark blue cloth case-binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine and front board.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Multiple periodical clippings loose and tipped-in, mainly about M. R. James.
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[Copy 1] Ms. letter to Gwyn McBryde from M. R. James pasted onto title-page verso.
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[Copy 1] Loose photograph of [?]Luxmoore's garden.
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[Copy 1] One page and one slip of typed notes (loose), one about to rowing at Eton and one about M. R. James.
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[Copy 1] Loose pencil drawing of J. W. Clark.
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[Copy 1] Loose fragment of a periodical ([?]'The quarterly review') featuring an article about M. R. James by Shane Leslie with loose typed letter inside (dated 1964-01-30) to Shane Leslie from John Murray about [?]this article.
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[Copy 1] Loose ms. notes and fragments of ms. annotated pages from a copy of 'Eton and Kings' in an envelope with ms. title: 'M. R. James - indexed cuttings from "Eton and Kings", all ms. in Shane Leslie's hand (now housed in separate envelope).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Loose ms. and typed letters to Shane Leslie from various people (including A. N. L. Munby, Maisie Fletcher, Oliffe Richmond) about M. R. James or a biography about M. R. James that Shane Leslie was preparing to write.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Ms. letter (dated 1935-11-06) to Shane leslie from M. R. James pasted onto back pastedown.
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[Copy 2] With dust-jacket.
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[Copy 2] Loose original photograph of M. R. James in white paper folder.
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[Copy 2] Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil and ink.
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[Copy 3] Ms. annotations in pencil on back pastedown.
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[Copy 3] Ms. bookseller's note, codes, and price in pencil.
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[Copy 6] Newspaper extract signed in ms. R.A.A.L. containing the book's review pasted on front endpaper.
Subject
Subject
Added entry--name
Leslie, Shane, 1885 - 1971 former owner.
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Richmond, Oliffe, 1881 - 1977 correspondent.
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Fletcher, Maisie correspondent.
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McBryde, Gwyndolen correspondent.
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Orton, James former owner.
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Baring, Maurice, 1874 - 1945 former owner.
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MacCarthy, Desmond, 1877 - 1952 inscriber.
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Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
Munby, A. N. L., 1913 - 1974 correspondent.
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Wakehurst, Gerard W. E. Loder,, 1861 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williams & Norgate publisher.
Added entry--name
Whitefriars Press Ltd. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B24034