Shelfmark
Ibb6.4.42
Additional shelfmark
Kp.4.48 (Copy 2)
Title
Etonensia, / conducted by Etonians.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : Oxford : Cambridge ; London : Ingalton & Drake ; J.H. & J. Parker ; Macmillan & Co., [186-?].
Physical description
v. ; 22 cm.
Note
No more published?
Note
According to ms. note by Lewis Vernon Harcourt in ECL copy 2, edited by Vincent Stuckey Coles, V. Cracroft Amcotts and Lord Francis Hervey.
Note
Conjectural dates of publication inferred from "Address to their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, spoken at Eton College, June 5th, 1863"; contributions for no. 2 invited "before the 7th of July" and those for no. 3 "by January 1st" following an apology for the great delay in the publication of no. 2.
Note
No. 2 includes (without title) the Eton Boating Song (pp. 65-68), without attribution of authorship; the words are generally attributed to William Johnson Cory.
Note
Publisher's cerise printed paper covers.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Ms. inscription on front cover: "School Library". Ms. inscription on front cover: "Dono dedit Wasey Sterry".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt; circular bookstamp of Eton College Library.
Binding
[Copy 2] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; publisher's cerise paper covers retained.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] ECL holdings: No. 1 (186-).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] ECL holdings: No. 1 (186-) - No. 2 (186-). With tipped-in correspondence dated 1896/7 from the office of he Eton bookseller R. Ingalton Drake, Lord Hervey, and V. S. S. Coles to Lewis Vernon Harcourt concerning their reminiscences and records of the editorship of the publication and of the Eton Boating Song.
Subject
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 Eton boating song.
Subject
Eton College
Subject
College student newspapers and periodicals England Eton.
Added entry--name
Sterry, Wasey, 1866 - 1955 former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Ingalton and Drake publisher.
Added entry--name
J.H. and J. Parker (Firm) publisher.
Added entry--name
Macmillan & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B42486