Shelfmark
Ib5.4.24
Title
Lampoons of the Society for the Total Suppression of all Christian Knowledge.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Lampoons of the S.T.S.A.C.K.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : printed and published by the S.T.S.A.C.K., 1890-1891.
Physical description
1 vol. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note
Title taken from spine of bound volume.
Note
"The S.T.S.A.C.K. was a Society for the Total Suppression of all Christian Knowledge. Among the members of it were John S. Arkwright, Lord Elmley (Earl Beauchamp), T. Mitton-More and Lord Balcarres."
Note
Numbers 1 (26 May 1890) - 21 (3 Feb. 1891).
Note
ECL holdings: Volume contains original mimeographed issues no. 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 21, and issue no. 8 as a ms. copy. These are mounted on guards and interleaved with typescript copies of issues no. 1-5, 7-9, 11-12, 15, 17 and 21, some including additional notes, and with the authors identified in ms. Issues no. 6, 10, 13-14, 16 and 18-20 are wanting, possibly excised.
Note
Some issues illustrated in pencil.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
Mounted on guards at front of volume: ALS from 'Bal' (Lord Balcarres) to 'Loulou' (i.e. Lewis Vernon Harcourt?) dated Haigh Hall, Wigan, 3 Feb. 1895 sending 'as many of our STSACK lampoons as I can find' ; ALS from John S. Arkwright to Harcourt dated Leominster, 6 Sep. 1897, sending issue numbers corresponding to those in the volume and the ms. copy of no. 8.
Subject
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England Eton.
Identifier
B43422