Shelfmark
Lpp.3.06
Additional shelfmark
[Another copy:] Icc4.5.05
Main entry--uniform title
Völsunga saga. English
Title
Völsunga saga : the story of the Volsungs & Niblungs with certain songs from the Elder Edda / translated from the Icelandic by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris.
Varying form of title
Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : F. S. Ellis, King Street, Covent Garden, MDCCCLXX [1870].
Physical description
xx, 276, [4] p. ; 19cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Include notes.
Note
With two final advertisement leaves.
Note
[Icc4.5.05] Publisher's dark teal diaper cloth with extensive decoration stamped in gold on boards and lettering and decoration stamped in gold on spine ; designed by Philip Webb.
Provenance
[Lpp.3.06] Ms. inscription: "M. R. James ... O[ttiwell]. C[harles]. W[aterfield] ... mdccclxxiii".
Provenance
[Lpp.3.06] Ms. inscription: "Francis [?Guy Bosworth Horton-Fawkes] from George, Le G. G. W. H-F. [Le Gendre George William Horton-Fawkes] ... Brook Lodge. Wellow, 8-10 February 1975".
Provenance
[Icc4.5.05] Bookplate of Ellen Terry.
Binding
[Lpp.3.06] 19th century brown calf with gilt decoration and lettering on spine and gilt tooling on boards ; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
[Lpp.3.06 and Icc4.5.05] Ms. bookseller's notes, codes, and price in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Lpp.3.06] Lacking advertisement leaves.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes) former owner.
Added entry--name
Waterfield, Ottifield Charles inscriber.
Added entry--name
Horton-Fawkes, Le Gendre George William inscriber.
Added entry--name
Horton-Fawkes, Guy Bosworth former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Terry, Ellen, 1847 - 1928 former owner.
Added entry--name
F. S. Ellis publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng ice
Identifier
B24462