Ko.4.23 (copy 1)
Ko.4.24 (copy 2)
Ko.4.25 (copy 3)
Gathered leaves from the prose of Mary E. Coleridge / with a memoir by Edith Sichel.
London : Constable and Company, 1910.
x, 338, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm.
Includes half-title.
Final leaf is blank.
Plate protected by tissue guard.
Publisher's dark blue linen case binding; gilt-ruled border on front cover; spine title stamped in gilt; untrimmed edges.
[Copy 1] Inscribed on front flyleaf: "M. C. Newbolt, May 27th 1910" i.e. Margaret Cecilia [Celia] Newbolt, daughter of Sir Henry and Margaret Newbolt. Page references in pencil and ink on endpaper. Purchased for Eton College Library by Nicholas Kessler, with his bookplate.
[Copy 2] Inscribed on front flyleaf: "Edith Coleridge from A. D. Coleridge and F. L. Coleridge, May 1910" i.e. Mary Coleridge's father and ?sister. Loosely inserted ALS from Dorothy Coleridge to [John] Carter dated Wimbledon, 10 February 1969 regarding the proposed sale of the remainder of her books and offering the gift of any book among those remaining to him; endorsed by Carter in red ink "I chose this book and thanked her 11 Feb 69". Black booklabel of Lamley & Co., South Kensington inside front cover."
[Copy 3] John Carter's copy with his blue booklabel and annotations.
English prose literature 19th century.
Furse, Margaret Cecilia Newbolt Lady former owner.
Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
Coleridge, Arthur Duke, 1830 - 1913 former owner.
Constable publisher.
England London.
B48724