Shelfmark
Lpp.2.58
Title
Nightingale valley : a collection, including a great number of the choicest lyrics and short poems in the English language / edited by Giraldus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street, 1860.
Physical description
xvi, 288 p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Giraldus = William Allingham.
Provenance
Inscribed on initial blank leaf to M.R. James (then 15 years of age) from his tutor: 'Montague Rhodes Janes, "honoris causa", H.E. Luxmoore, Xmas Eton 1877.'
Binding
Original dark green bevel-edged morocco; gilt-tooled double fillet border with small tulip corner ornaments; gilt-tooled spine with double fillet border and small tulip ornaments; gilt spine title; gilt fore-edges.
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted postcard of William Strang's portrait of M.R. James.
Subject
English poetry Collections.
Added entry--name
Allingham, William, 1824 - 1889 editor.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
Luxmoore, Henry Elford, 1841 - 1926 former owner.
Added entry--name
Bell and Daldy publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B47009