Shelfmark
Kss.5.01
Title
Fine passages in verse and prose / selected by living men of letters.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : The Fortnightly Review, 1887]
Physical description
3 parts ; 25 cm.
Note
Contains a contribution by Hardy on p. 304 (v. 48 August 1887 issue). A letter by Hardy is transcribed in which he selects fine passages of verse and prose. These passages are then printed below.
Provenance
Presented to Lady Constance Leslie from Godfrey Webb.
Provenance
Signed and inscribed in ms. by Webb on front endpaper: "Constance Leslie from Godfrey Webb 1888".
Provenance
Bookplate of Lady Constance Leslie on front pastedown. Inscribed in ms. by Leslie: "to darling Mary, October 1900, Glaslough".
Provenance
Book label of Mary Crawshay on front endpaper.
Binding
Extracted and rebound in parchment ; blocked and lettered in gilt ; "Fine passages in verse & prose / selected by living men of letters / C. L. from G. W. / January 1888" on front board ; coloured endpapers.
Copy-specific note
3 continuous extracts from "The fortnightly review", v. 48 August 1887, v. 48 September 1887 and v. 48 October 1887 issues.
Copy-specific note
Cutting.
Copy-specific note
ALS presumably from Webb to Constance Leslie tipped-in to front endpaper. Undated and unsigned. The bottom half of p.3 of the letter is cut off.
Copy-specific note
Ms. poem signed "GW [Geoffrey Webb]" tipped-in to front endpaper. Untitled.
Added entry--name
Harris, Frank, 1856 - 1931 editor.
Added entry--name
Hardy, Thomas, 1840 - 1928 contributor.
Added entry--name
Leslie, Constance, 1836 - 1925 former owner.
Added entry--name
Webb, Godfrey inscriber.
Added entry--name
Fortnightly review publisher.
Added entry--title
The fortnightly review.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B36258