Shelfmark
CS.1313.06
Author
Title
Light freights / by W. W. Jacobs ; with twelve illustrations.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Methuen & Co., 36 Essex Street, W.C., 1901.
Physical description
[8], 295, 48 p., [12] leaves of plates : front., ill., ; 20 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
"Printed by T. and A. Constable, (late) printers to Her Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press"--Colophon.
Note
Includes 48 p. of advertisements at the end, dated July 1901.
Note
Contains 12 black and white illustrations by Will Owen and W. S. Stacey.
Formatted contents note
Contents: An odd freak -- A garden plot -- Private clothes -- The bully of the "Cavendish" -- The resurrection of Mr. Wiggett -- A marked man -- To have and to hold -- Brevet rank -- Twin spirits -- Sam's boy -- Jerry Bundler -- False colours.
Provenance
Ms. price and inscription in pencil on the front flyleaf: "1st ed.".
Provenance
Label on the front pastedown, in red letters, reading: "Van Oss", probably Oliver Van Oss.
Provenance
Ms. price and annotations in pencil on the front free endpaper and back pastedown.
Binding
20th century original reddish-brown cloth covered boards; black lettering and illustration on the front cover; gilt lettering and black illustration on the spine; uncut bottom edge; blank endpapers.
Subject
England Social life and customs Fiction.
Subject
Sailors Fiction.
Subject
Humorous stories, English.
Subject
Short stories, English.
Genre/Form
Short stories.
Added entry--name
Owen, Will, 1869 - 1957 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.), 1846 - 1929 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Van Oss, Oliver former owner.
Added entry--name
Methuen & Co publisher.
Added entry--name
T. and A. Constable printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53830