Shelfmark
Kp.3.31
Additional shelfmark
Kp.3.32 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Kp.3.33 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Kp.3.34 (Copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Ibb1.2.35 (Copy 5)
Author
Title
William Cory : a biography : with a selection of poems, some unpublished, others from Ionica, and a list of Cory's works / Faith Compton Mackenzie.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Constable, 1950.
Physical description
xvi, 199, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (geneal. table, ports.) ; 22 cm.
Note
Title page verso and colophon: Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Company, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk.
Note
Publisher's red cloth case binding; spine lettered in gilt.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Signature in pencil of C. A. Elliott, i.e. Sir Claude Aurelius Elliott, head master (1933-1949) and provost (1949-1964) of Eton.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Signed by the author on title page, May 1950. Ownership inscription in red ballpoint pen of John Carter.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Booklabel of John Carter; with his annotations.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Shane Leslie's copy with dedication to him from the author dated January 1955. With Shane Leslie's bookplate and ms. note "This should go to Eton for College Library as it contains two MS letters of Cory".
Provenance
[Copy 4] Booklabel of Ernestine & John Carter.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Some marks of emphasis. Loosely inserted long galleys, corrected, for John Carter's review of the book in the Times Literary Supplement, 1950-06-02.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Loosely inserted ALS from Lord Cobham to unnamed General, 1905-12-30; typed copy of a letter from Lord Esher to Faith Compton Mackenzie, 1946-02-23, regarding the reasons for Cory's dismissal from Eton, with ms. annotations by Carter. Photographs of 25 Cannon Row and Pilgrim's Lane, rehoused in acid free envelope.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4] Pasted-in notes in Shane Leslie's hand and his marks of emphasis and annotations throughout. Two notes in William Johnson Cory's hand [n.d.], one pasted onto half-title, the other inserted after title page. Pasted-in ALS and notes from Faith Compton Mackenzie dated 1946-1955. Pasted-in ALS from Kenneth Rose on stationery of the British Institute, Milan, dated 1950-1951. Pasted-in ALS from Oliver [Brett, Lord Esher], dated 1945-1946. Pasted-in ALS from Geoffrey Madan on stationery of the Garrick Club, 21 Nov. 1932.
Subject
Added entry--name
Elliott, Claude Aurelius, 1888 - 1973 former owner.
Added entry--name
Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Mackenzie, Faith Compton, 1878 - 1960 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Brett, Oliver correspondent.
Added entry--name
Leslie, Shane, 1885 - 1971 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rose, Kenneth, 1924 - ? correspondent.
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Madan, Geoffrey, 1895 - 1947 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Carter, Ernestine former owner.
Added entry--name
Constable publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45590