Shelfmark
Ibb7.4.01
Title
Episodes of discovery in all ages : a book for youth.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; Glasgow ; Edinburgh ; Dublin : Blackie & Son, 49 & 50 Old Bailey, E.C., 1880.
Physical description
[4], 256 p. : frontis. ; 17 cm.
Note
With additional, engraved title-page.
Note
Publisher's green cloth cover ; blind- gilt- and printed decoration on covers ; gilt lettering on spine ; yellow endpapers.
Note
Includes brief accounts of Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro, Jacques Cartier, Sir Walter Raleigh, Don Ferninando de Soto, Bouganville, and Mungo Park.
Provenance
Ms. presentation inscription: "Cyril A. Alington Prize in Latin grammar, Rose Hill School, Easter 1882".
Binding
Without dust-jacket.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription: "Later headmaster of Shrewsbury and of Eton. Dean of Durham".
Subject
Explorers Juvenile literature.
Added entry--name
Alington, Cyril, 1872 - 1955 former owner.
Added entry--name
Blackie & Son publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45963