Shelfmark
CS.1313.09
Author
Title
Odd craft / by W. W. Jacobs.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : published by George Newnes, Limited, Southampton Street, Strand, [1903]
Physical description
[10], 255, [5] p., [16] leaves of plates : front., ill. ; 20 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes 5 p. of advertisements at the end.
Note
Date of publication from: Lamerton, Chris. W. W. Jacobs: a bibliography.
Note
Contains 16 black and white illustrations by Will Owen.
Formatted contents note
Contents: The money box -- The castaway -- Blundell's improvement -- Bills's lapse -- Lawyer Quince -- Breaking a spell -- Establishing relations -- The changing numbers -- The persecution of Bob Pretty -- Dixon's return -- A spirit of avarice -- The third string -- Odd charges -- Admiral Peters.
Provenance
Ms. price and annotations in pencil on the front flyleaf and back pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil on front pastedown: "First edition after 1902".
Provenance
Embossed stamp of "W. H. SM & Son, London" on the front flyleaf.
Provenance
Label on the front pastedown reading with red letters: "Van Oss", probably Oliver Van Oss.
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
Short stories.
Subject
Humorous stories, English.
Subject
Sea stories Fiction.
Genre/Form
Short stories.
Added entry--name
Van Oss, Oliver former owner.
Added entry--name
George Newnes, Limited publisher.
Added entry--name
W. H. Smith & Son bookseller.
Added entry--name
Owen, Will, 1869 - 1957 illustrator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53833