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Shelfmark

Ib4.2.07

Additional shelfmark

Ib4.2.08

Author

Title

The art of swimming in the Eton style / by "Sergeant" Leahy ... with a preface by Mrs. Oliphant; illustrated with drawings by F. Tarver; edited by two Etonians.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London : Nottingham : Macmillan & Co. ; Shepherd Bros., Angel Row., 1875.

Physical description

[2], ii, [2], ii, [2], 99, xi, [6] p. : front., plate ; 18 cm. (8vo)

Note

On title page verso: "Nottingham: Shepherd Bros. printers, Angel Row.".

Note

With an appendix and an advertisement for John Leahy, Eton College swimming teacher.

Provenance

[Ib4.2.07] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.

Provenance

[Ib4.2.07] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.

Provenance

[Ib4.2.07] Ms. note from George A. Macmillan to L.V. Harcourt dated May 10, 1897 pasted on front flyleaf.

Provenance

[Ib4.2.08] Ms. note dated 7 April, 1937 and signed E.L. Churchill inserted between rear endpapers.

Provenance

[Ib4.2.08] Typed letter signed E.L. Churchill inserted between rear endpapers.

Binding

[Ib4.2.07] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.

Binding

Publisher's purple blind and gold stamped case-binding; brown endpapers.

Subject

Swimming Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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Macmillan & Co. publisher.

Added entry--place

England London.

Identifier

B36419
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