Shelfmark
Lq.3.10 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Lq.3.11 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Lq.3.12 (Copy 3)
Author
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes)
Title
Abbeys : with one hundred illustrations by photographic reproduction, fifty-six drawings, thirteen plans, seven colour plates and map / by M. R. James, Litt.D., F.S.A., F.B.A., Provost of Eton; with an additional chapter on "Monastic life and buildings" by A. Hamilton Thompson, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A., Professor of Mediæval History in the University of Leeds.
Varying form of title
Monastic life and buildings
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : The Great Western Railway (Felix J. C. Pole, General Manager), Paddington Station, London, 1925.
Physical description
x, 156 p., [70] leaves of plates (13 folded) : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Note
Maps in pocket on back pastedown.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Abbey Mills paper; vertical chain lines; watermarked.
Note
[Copy 1]: Publisher's black cloth quarter-binding with red paper boards ; lettering stamped in gold on spine and front board.
Note
Errata slip tipped-in between pp. viii and ix.
Note
[Copy 3]: Special edition in variant binding: vellum quarter binding with burgundy cloth boards; gold lettering on spine.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Label on front pastedown: "The bequest of A. F. Scholfield".
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript inscription: "A. F. Scholfield, King's College, Cambridge".
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Booklabel of the M. R. James Collection of Eton College Library with manuscript previous shelfmark in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Bookplate of James Orton.
Provenance
[Copy 3]: Manuscript previous shelfmark in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 3]: Armorial bookplate of M. R. James with manuscript inscription: "The gift of Provost James. Author's copy"; additionally, manuscript annotations and corrections throughout text in pencil and ink in M. R. James's hand; and sheet of manuscript notes, loosely inserted, in M. R. James's hand.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1]: Loose publisher's advertisement.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2]: Lacking loose publisher's advertisement; includes loose advertisement bookmark.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3]: Printed pages, loosely inserted, from a chapter of another book about the Luttrells of Dunster.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3]: TLS, loosely inserted, from A. Ivor Pryce to M. R. James (dated 1926-09-21).
Subject
Abbeys Great Britain Guidebooks Pictorial works.
Genre/Form
Guidebooks.
Genre/Form
Local histories
Added entry--name
Scholfield, A. F. (Alwyn Faber), 1884 - 1969 (Alwyn Faber) former owner.
Added entry--name
Thompson, A. Hamilton, 1873 - 1952 (Alexander Hamilton) contributor.
Added entry--name
Pole, Felix John Clewett, 1877 - ? Sir, publisher.
Added entry--name
Orton, James former owner.
Added entry--name
Pryce, A. Ivor correspondent.
Added entry--name
Great Western Railway publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B24143