Shelfmark
La.3.46
Author
Title
Gaston de Foix and other plays / by Maurice Baring.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Grant Richards, 1903.
Physical description
[8], 263, [1] p ; 20 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
One of 150 surviving copies of the edition of 750, the other 600 having been destroyed by the publisher; the author furthermore disbound copies to suppress "Tristram and Iseult" and had "Gaston de Foix" and "Dusk" rebound as parts.
Note
Publisher's red cloth case binding with spine blocked in gilt.
Provenance
Quasi-armorial bookplate of Mary Hunter, Hill Hall, Theydon Mount and with her ownership inscription on front cover. Charles Hunter and his wife Mary Hunter (née Smyth) were friends of Henry James, and Mary introduced Baring to her sister Ethel Smyth who became a lifelong friend, after hearing her Mass in D at the Royal Albert Hall in January 1893.
Provenance
Later (Humphrey Stone ) bookplate of Anthony Hobson.
Added entry--name
Hunter, Mary former owner.
Added entry--name
Hobson, Anthony, 1921 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B50039