Shelfmark
Id1.1.16 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id1.1.17 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Id1.1.18 (Copy 3)
Author
Uniform title
[Alcastis. English. 1881]
Title
Balaustion's adventure : including a transcript from Euripides / by Robert Browning.
Edition
Third edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1881.
Physical description
4, 170, [2] p. ; 17 cm.
Note
Final advertisement leaf.
Note
Publisher's brown cloth with black stamped decorative border on boards, and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Copies 1 and 2: Binding variant with gothic "by" on spine.
Note
Copy 3: Binding variant with roman "by" on spine.
Provenance
Copies 1 and 3: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "Edith H. Sichel, from her friend, Mary E. Coleridge. Dec. 13th. 1884. In memory of "The White Alcestis" - and of many other things."
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookseller's ticket (John Dale & Co., Bradford).
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. ownership inscription: "Alice Glyde, Ap. 24th. 1883".
Provenance
Copy 3: Bookplate of and ms. ownership inscription (dated 1881) of C. A. ?Whenston.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1-3: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. note on p. 170 in Edith Sichel's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. quote on p. [4] in Mary Coleridge's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Loose periodical clipping of a poem entitled "Home".
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Sichel, Edith Helen, 1862 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
Glyde, Alice former owner.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
John Dale & Co. bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng grc
Identifier
B29160