Shelfmark
Nd.1a.09
Author
Title
[Letter written by Maj. James Leadbitter Knott to his parents, 1 July 1916] / James Leadbitter Knott.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[S.l. : s.n.] [between 1916 and 1933]
Physical description
4 leaves ; 24 cm.
Note
Black goat skin binding ; lettering stamped in gold on front board.
Note
Title devised by cataloguer.
Note
Suggested printing date ranges from year of the letter's creation to its probable accession by Eton (May 1933 written in ms. on armorial bookplate).
Note
Printed letter with introductory text.
Note
End of introductory text reads: "This letter has been printed in order that it may be a source of pride and an inspiration to all into whose hands it may come, and especially to those who have the honour to claim kinship with him".
Note
Printed sheets comprise of 4 leaves (2 conjugate pairs). 1st leaf is a blank. 2nd leaf contains introductory matter printed on the verso only. The letter is printed on leaves 3 and 4.
Note
Photograph of James Leadbitter Knott embossed with "[...] Bacon & Sons" in bottom right corner tipped onto recto of 2nd leaf.
Note
The date of Knott's death is given as "16th July, 1916" in the introductory text of this vol. However other sources, including Knott's gravestone inscription at Ypres Reservoir Cemetry, record the day of his death as 1 July 1916, the day on which this letter was written.
Copy-specific note
No previous shelfmark.
Copy-specific note
Armorial bookplate reading "Liber E bibliotheca regie schole Etonensis" and dated "May 1933" in ms. attached to front pastedown.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918.
Subject
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
Added entry--name
Identifier
B33108