Shelfmark
Ib5.5.01
Additional shelfmark
Ib5.5.02
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Ib5.5.03
Additional shelfmark
CS.Eto.1883.02
Additional shelfmark
CS.Eto.1883.03
Title
Seven years at Eton, 1857-1864 / edited by James Brinsley-Richards.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Richard Bentley and Son, 1883.
Physical description
viii, 447, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Note
Colophon: "Clay and Taylor, printers, Bungay, Suffolk.".
Note
[CS.Eto.1883.01] and [CS.Eto.1883.03] 19th century publisher's blue stamped brown cloth case-binding; dark blue endpapers.
Provenance
[Ib5.5.01] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib5.5.01] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
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[Ib5.5.01] Ms. letter to L.V. Harcourt from Blanche Brinsley-Richards (James's wife) dated 14th April 1897 tipped in after front free endpaper.
Provenance
[CS.Eto.1883.03] Ms. name inscription on front free endpaper verso.
Provenance
[Ib5.5.03] Armorial bookplate reading "In sale salus" and "Standon Library" pasted on front endpaper.
Provenance
[Ib5.5.03] Lengthy ms. note signed "Edward Salt. Born: 1847. Xmas 1887." beginning: "On page 346: there is an account of myself when at Eton..." on front free endpaper verso continued on a tipped in leaf. Included in note: "On page 346: there is an account of myself when at Eton".
Provenance
[Ib5.5.03] Dedication ms. inscription on half-title page verso: "Edward Salt from his wife and children Xmas: 1887", signed by his wife Anna C. Salt and ?six children.
Provenance
[Ib5.5.03] Ms. letter signed by Edward Salt tipped in between pages 346 and 347.
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[Ib5.5.02] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib5.5.02] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Binding
[Ib5.5.01] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; red stained foredge and bottom edge.
Binding
[Ib5.5.03] 19th century red calf binding; gold tooled spine and fillets around the perimeter; marbled endpapers and edges; re-backed.
Binding
[Ib5.5.02] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
[Ib5.5.01] Magazine extract entitled "Seven years at Eton" pasted on two front flyleaves.
Copy-specific note
[Ib5.5.03] Newspaper extract regarding James Brinsley-Richards pasted on final blank page.
Copy-specific note
[Ib5.5.03] Two newspaper extracts tipped in between pages 346 and 347.
Copy-specific note
[Ib5.5.02] Bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper verso: "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Subject
Subject
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Richard Bentley and Son publisher.
Added entry--name
Clay and Taylor printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B36657