Shelfmark
Icc5.2.24
Title
Lyra Heroica : a book of verse for boys / selected and arranged by William Ernest Henley.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Published by David Nutt, 1892 [i.e. 1891?]
Physical description
xviii, [2], 362 p. ; 23 cm.
Note
Includes notes and index.
Note
With additional decorated title-page.
Note
Publisher's embossed paper boards with lettering stamped in red on spine.
Provenance
Bookplate and ms. ownership signature of Alex Bridge, dated 1986-03-14.
Provenance
Booklpate of Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton.
Provenance
Signed by William Ernest Henley and with ms. inscription on his behalf [?]by the publisher: "Author's copy [i.e. A. C. Swinburne's copy], No. 88, The obligation, England, A Jacobites exile, With the Editor's compliments & thanks, 4th. December 1891".
Copy-specific note
Given to A. C. Swinburne because he gave permission for three of his poems to be used in this anthology.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy: No. 88 of 100 large paper copies, on watermarked hand-made paper and deckled edges.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Added entry--name
Nutt, David publisher.
Added entry--name
Bridge, Alex former owner.
Added entry--name
Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837 - 1909 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B28668