International standard book number
0747510482
Shelfmark
Kff.1.16
Author
Title
Song of love : the letters of Rupert Brooke and Noel Olivier 1909-1915 / edited by Pippa Harris.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Bloomsbury, 1991.
Physical description
xxviii, 302, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Note
"The complete correspondence between Rupert Brooke and Noel Olivier comprises 170 letters and postcards: 105 from Rupert and 65 from Noel. From these I have chosen 134, of which most appear in their entirety."--Note on the text, p. [xv].
Note
The correspondence is now held in the Rupert Brooke collection at Eton College Library, ECL MS 586 02 01 02.
Note
Publisher's dark green case binding; spine lettered in gilt; with paper dust-jacket.
Provenance
Howard Moseley's copy, inscribed to him from Michael [Meredith] as a Christmas gift, 1991. Extensively annotated with transcriptions of the letters not published in the book, in the hand of Howard Moseley, who acquired them from the editor and later bequeathed them to Eton College Library in 2005.
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted news cutting reproducing text of letter from Brooke to Olivier dated 12 November 1912.
Subject
Brooke, Rupert, 1887 - 1915 Correspondence.
Subject
Olivier, Noel, 1892 - 1969 Correspondence.
Genre/Form
Letters.
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Moseley, W. Howard, 1941 - 2005 former owner, annotator.
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Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? associated name.
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Bloomsbury (Firm) publisher.
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England London.
Identifier
B51476