Shelfmark
Ib4.2.29 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ib4.2.30 (Copy 2)
Title
Out of school at Eton. : a collection of poetry and prose writings / by some present Etonians.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown buildings, 188, Fleet street., 1877.
Physical description
viii, 150 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Note
Colophon: "London: Gilbert and Rivington, printers, St. John's Square.".
Note
With a half-title page.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Free endpaper from previous binding tipped in before front flyleaf; contains ms. inscriptions: "E.W. Benson from A.C. Benson Eton College" and "This book was given in 1877 by A.C. Benson to his father E.W. benson, afterwards Archibishop of Canterbury. L.V.H.".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ms. inscription: "Kenneth Stephen" and his ms. annotations throughout, including ascribing authors to passages.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Loosely inserted letter addressed to "Sirs" from unread.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Copy 2] 19th century publisher's purple cloth case-binding; gold stamped title on front board; black stamped decoration on front board; brown endpapers.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Ms. annotations on p. [vii]-viii.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Additional contents page with ms. annotations tipped in after preface.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Authors' names (see pp. vii-viii) supplied by the Rev. Hon. G.N. Curzon.".
Subject
English poetry 19th century.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Benson, Edward White, 1829 - 1896 former owner.
Added entry--name
Stephen, James Kenneth, 1859 - 1892 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington publisher.
Added entry--name
Gilbert & Rivington printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B36470