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Title
The adventurer / conducted by present Etonians.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : London : E. P. Williams ; Simpkin, Marshall, & co., 1867-1872.
Physical description
v. ; 22 cm.
Note
Publication start and end dates from Maxwell Lyte's "A history of Eton College (1440-1910)".
Note
Nr. 1 does not have publication date, Nr. 2 dated 1867.
Note
Title page for Vol. I is dated 1868 although no. 1 was published in 1867.
Indexes
Vol. I Nos. 1-2 (1867); Vol. I Nos. 3-6 (1868); Vol. II Nos. 7-9 (1868); Vol. II Nos. 10-13 (1869); Vol. III Nos. 14-16 (1869); Vol. III Nos. 17-19 (1870); Vol. III No. 20 (1871); Vol. IV Nos. 21-24 (1871); Vol. IV 25-29 (1872).
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[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] Eton College Library ink stamp on front flyleaf verso.
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[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] Ms. inscription on title page of Vol. I: "supplied by J. Sturgis".
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[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] A note to L.V. Harcourt from lady Coleridge dated May 1896.
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[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Ms. inscription on both volume's front free endpapers: "Presented to the Harcourt Collection by Sir Wasey Sterry O.E. April 1944".
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[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Ex libris of G. W. Prothero.
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[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Ms. inscription on [Vol. I] front endpaper: "G. W. Prothero".
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[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf of [Vol. I]: "G W Prothero Kings Coll: Camb:".
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[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf of [Vol. II]: "G W Prothero Eton 28 Nov 72".
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[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Eton College Library ink stamp in both volumes.
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[Ibb6.5.04-Ibb6.5.05] Eton College bookplate with ms. inscription: "Harcourt Collection".
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[Ibb6.5.04-Ibb6.5.05] Eton College Library ink stamp.
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[Ibb6.5.06-Ibb6.5.07] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
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[Ibb6.5.06-Ibb6.5.07] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
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[Ibb6.5.06-Ibb6.5.07] Eton College Library ink stamp in both volumes.
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[Ibb6.5.08(01-29)] Nos. 1 (Ibb6.5.08(01)), 9, 12, 14 (Ibb6.5.08(11)), 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25 (Ibb6.5.08(22)), 26, 27, 28, 29 have Eton College Library ink stamp on front cover.
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[Ibb6.5.08(01-29)] Ms. inscription on front cover: "School Library Donodedit - Wasey Sterry" on Nos. 1 (Ibb6.5.08(01)), 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14 (Ibb6.5.08(12)).
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[Ibb6.5.08(01-29)] Ms. inscription on front cover: "Harcourt Collection, Eton College" on Nos. 16, 24 (Ibb6.5.08(20)), 25 (Ibb6.5.08(22)), 27 (Ibb6.5.08(25)), 28 (Ibb6.5.08(27)), 29.
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[CS.Eto.1868.01] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "H. maxwell Lyte June 1868".
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[CS.Eto.1868.02] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "Aunt Mary from her affectionate nephew C.C.J.".
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[CS.Eto.1868.02] Eton College Library ink stamp.
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[CS.Eto.1868.03] Armorial bookplate of Edward Littleton Vaughan with a motto: "Non nobis nascimur".
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[CS.Eto.1868.03] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "E.L. Vaughan Balliol College Oxford".
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[CS.Eto.1868.04] Ms. name inscriptions on front free endpaper.
Binding
[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; original teal paper wrappers retained.
Binding
[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] 19th century brown calf half-binding; boards covered in green cloth; cut red sprinkled edges; original teal paper wrappers retained at end of both volumes; rebacked; bookbinder's sptamp in [Vol. I] Bound by J. B. Hawes. Cambridge.
Binding
[Ibb6.5.04-Ibb6.5.05] and [CS.Eto.1868.01-CS.Eto.1868.02] 19th century blue cloth case-binding; paper boards; gold tooled frame, title and Eton Arms on front cover.
Binding
[Ibb6.5.06-Ibb6.5.07] 19th century calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ibb6.5.08(01-29)] and [CS.Eto.1868.05(01-14)] Original 19th century teal paper wrappers; stitched gatherings.
Binding
[CS.Eto.1868.03] 19th century brown calf half-binding; boards covered in blue cloth; cut red sprinkled edges.
Binding
[CS.Eto.1868.04] 19th century brown calf half-binding; boards covered in brown cloth; cut red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
ECL holdings include two complete sets: Vol. I Nos. 1-6; Vol. II Nos. 7-13; Vol. III Nos. 14-20; Vol. IV Nos. 21-29 and three incomplete sets: [Set 1] Vol. I Nos. 1-6 and Vol. II Nos. 7-13; [Set 2] Vol. III Nos. 14-20 and [Set 3] Vol. IV Nos. 21-29 and Vol. I Nos. 1-4, 6; Vol. II Nos. 7, 9, 12, 13; Vol. III Nos. 14, 16-19 and Vol. IV Nos. 21-29.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] Bound in one volume.
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[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)], [Ibb6.5.04-Ibb6.5.05] and [Ibb6.5.06-Ibb6.5.07] Include special title pages for volumes.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb6.5.01 (01-04)] Letter signed by G. C. Macaulay tipped in before no. 23.
Copy-specific note
[Vol. I]: Nos. 1-20; [Vol. II]: Nos. 21-29.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb6.5.02-Ibb6.5.03] Four loose folded leaves containing manes in ms. in [Vol I].
Copy-specific note
[Ibb6.5.04-Ibb6.5.05] and [CS.Eto.1868.01-CS.Eto.1868.02] Include Vol. I Nos. 1-6 and Vol. II Nos. 7-13.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb6.5.06-Ibb6.5.07] Include Vol. III Nos. 14-20 and Vol. IV Nos. 21-29.
Copy-specific note
[CS.Eto.1868.03] Includes Nos. 1-22.
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[CS.Eto.1868.04] Pencil ms. notes on rear endpapers.
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[CS.Eto.1868.04] Includes Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6-12, 14-16, 21.
Copy-specific note
[CS.Eto.1868.05(01-14)] Includes Nos. 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 24 (3 copies), 25 (3 copies), 27-29.
Subject
Subject
Wit and humor Periodicals.
Subject
Literature Periodicals.
Added entry--name
Williams, E. P. publisher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sterry, Wasey, 1866 - 1955 former owner.
Added entry--name
Prothero, G. W., 1848 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Simpkin, Marshall and Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B42085