Shelfmark
CS.1364.23
Author
Title
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847 / by W. S. Rockstro ; foreword by Francesco Berger.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., [1934]
Physical description
x, 147 p., [1] leaf of plates : front., port. ; 19 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
"Printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Paulton, Somerset, England"--T.p. verso.
Note
Publication date based on references stating that illustrator Fred Adlington designed the frontispiece for the 1934 edition.
Note
"This information the present series of biographies of Music's mighty Masters"--Publisher's announcement on p. [v].
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on front flyleaf from previous owner: "Wilfrid Blunt".
Binding
20th century publisher's orange cloth binding; black decoration and border on front board; black lettering and horizontal bands on spine; light yellow endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Contains extensive handwritten annotations in the margins and title page, as well as underlining on some pages.
Subject
Subject
Composers Biography.
Subject
Composers Germany Biography.
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Added entry--name
Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901 - 1987 former owner.
Added entry--name
Berger, Francesco, 1834 - 1933 writer of foreword.
Added entry--name
Adlington, Fred, 1892 - 1931 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Marston & Company publihser.
Added entry--name
Purnell and Sons printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53424