Shelfmark
Lpp.2.07 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Hb.3.49 (copy 2)
Title
Eton in prose and verse : an anthology / selected by A. C. Ainger M.A., M.V.O., of Trinity College, Cambridge, formerly Senior Assistant Master in Eton College; with 30 plates in colour reproduced from paintings by Arthur Garratt and from portraits in the College.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Hodder and Stoughton, Warwick Square, London, E.C., [1910].
Physical description
xviii, 232p, [30] leaves of plates : col. ill., ports.. ; 31cm.
Note
Date of publication from Cambridge University library catalogue.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Limitation statement: edition of 125 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by Arthur Garratt.
Note
Publisher's vellum binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine and decoration stamped in gold and light blue on boards.
Note
Also published in an ordinary edition bound in buckram and a special limited edition bound in leather.
Provenance
Copy 1: Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "M. R. J[ames]. from A. C. A[inger]. Xmas 1914".
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. inscription written in ink attached to front endpaper "William Arthur Drury from his tutor A.B.Ramsey 'e practuitis bona omnia et fauste praesagiente' Eton Election, 1915".
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of William A. Drury ["Gulielmi A. Drury"].
Binding
Copy 2: Binding covered with cloth wrapper.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: No. 13 of 125 copies.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: No. 54 of 125 copies.
Subject
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes) former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Drury, William A. former owner.
Added entry--name
Hodder and Stoughton publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B24486