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Ib3.3.56
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Author
Title
Some account of the foundation of Eton college and of the past and present condition of the school. / By E.S. Creasy.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row., 1848.
Physical description
v, 132 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Colophon: "Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet street.".
Provenance
[Ib3.3.55] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
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[Ib3.3.55] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
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[Ib3.3.55] and [Ib3.3.56] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
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[Ib3.3.55] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "H. J. Burford Hancock".
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[Ib3.3.56] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ib3.3.56] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "Mrs. Hansell in memory of the walk to Eton April 22.1854. ?Hawtrey.".
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[Ib3.3.57] Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "L. Guy Phillips. Eton. 1850.".
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[Ib3.3.57] Eton College bookplate with ms. inscription: "april 1893".
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[Ib3.3.57] Ms. inscription "Donodedit" and ink stamp "Wasey Sterry" below the inscription on front free endpaper.
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[Ib3.3.57] Two ms. letters from Henry Broadbent to ?Loder dated 5th December 1922 wrapped in blue paper with ms. inscription "The School Library Eton College, Windsor. Dec. 6th 1922" inserted between front endpapers.
Provenance
[Ib3.3.58] Booklabel of Joseph Frederick Burrell, recording donation to Eton College in 1983.
Provenance
[Ib3.3.59] Armorial bookplate of Robert Alfred Cunliffe.
Binding
[Ib3.3.55] and [Ib3.3.56] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib3.3.57] and [Ib3.3.58] 19th century publisher's teal cloth case binding; blind tooled ornaments; gold tooled title; three single cord sewing supports.
Binding
[Ib3.3.59] 19th century publisher's cloth case binding; blind tooled perimeter frame and gold tooled title.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.3.55] Bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper verso: "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.3.57] and [Ib3.3.58] 32 extra pages of edvertisement at back.
Subject
Subject
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sterry, Wasey, 1866 - 1955 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans publisher.
Added entry--name
Richard and John Edward Taylor printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35619