Shelfmark
Ib3.2.17(02)
Additional shelfmark
Ib4.4.35(01)
Additional shelfmark
Ib4.4.41(04)
Author
Title
Work first or play first : a few thoughts for the consideration of Eton masters. / [by Henry Brandreth].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[England? : s.n., 1867].
Physical description
16 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Signed at end: "Henry Brandreth, late assistant in the Mathematical School."
Note
Imprint date from L.V. Harcourt's "An Eton bibliography".
With note
[Ib3.2.17(02)] Bound with: "A letter to the provost of Eton college, on the election of scholars to the two foundations of king Henry VI", "A few words with the Eton reformers", "New Zealand: a poem" and "The art of losing one's remove".
With note
[Ib4.4.35(01)] Bound with: "Esoteric".
With note
[Ib4.4.41(04)] Bound with:"Of the teaching of mathematics in public schools", "On modern education: a letter to the senate of the University of Cambridge", "A few words with the Eton reformers", "Esoteric", [Sermons / by Henry Brandreth], "Of union through the head", "Wastethrifts and workmen: of the mode of producing them, and their relative value to the community", "How to spend twopence: being a dialogue between a husband and wife in Bishopsgate, in which is set forth the way to turn twopence into a thousand pounds".
Provenance
[Ib3.2.17(02)] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib4.4.35(01)] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib4.4.41(04)] Eton College bookplate with ms. inscription "april 1893" and a label recording donation by Wasey Sterry pasted on front endpaper.
Provenance
[Ib4.4.41(04)] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "Wasey Sterry ?Merton Coll.".
Binding
[Ib3.2.17(02)] 19th century auburn leather semi limp binding; gold tooled perimeter frame; gold tooled cover title: "Eton pamphlets".
Binding
[Ib4.4.35(01)] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib4.4.41(04)] 19th century calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.4.35(01)] Ms. inscription in pencil above title: "by H. Brandreth. Feb. 1867".
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.4.35(01)] Folded printed sheet containing "A list of Old Etonians who have obtained first class honours at Cambridge for 14 years, 1851-64" tipped in after front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.4.41(04)] Curatorial ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper.
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.4.41(04)] Label on front endpaper: "C.H. Loveday, bookseller, stationer, printer, bookbinder &c 22, South street, Worthing.".
Subject
Subject
Sports Great Britain Eton.
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.
Identifier
B35698