Shelfmark
CS.1313.11 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1313.12 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Sailor's knots / by W. W. Jacobs ; with twelve illustrtions by Will Owen.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Methuen & Co., 36 Essex Street W.C., [1909]
Physical description
[6], 302, [47] p., [12] leaves of plates : front., ill. ; 20 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes 47 p. of advertisements at the end, dated September 1909.
Note
"First published 1909"--T.p. verso.
Note
"Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh & London"--Colophon.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Deserted -- Homeward bound -- Self-help -- "Matrimonial openings" -- Odd man out -- "The toll-house" -- Peter's pence -- Head of the family -- Prize money -- Double dealing -- Keeping up appearances -- Sentence deferred.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. price and annotation reading "1st edition" on the front free endpaper.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. annotation in pencil on the front pastedown reading "M Van Oss", probably former owner Oliver Van Oss.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. annotation in black ink on the front free endpaper reading "M.H.S. Xmas 1909. M.H.S.".
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. signature in pencil partially erased on the front endpaper.
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 fore and bottom edges; blank endpapers.
Subject
Short stories.
Subject
Humorous stories, English.
Subject
Sailors. Fiction.
Genre/Form
Short stories.
Added entry--name
Van Oss, Oliver former owner.
Added entry--name
Methuen & Co publisher.
Added entry--name
Owen, Will, 1869 - 1957 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53840