Shelfmark
CS.1344.32 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1344.33 (copy 2)
Author
Title
The years between : diaries, 1939-44 / [by] Cecil Beaton.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965.
Physical description
352 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
"Printed in Great Britain by C. Tinling & Co. Ltd., Liverpool, London and Prescot"--T.p. verso.
Provenance
Copy 1: Author's ms. signature on title page.
Provenance
Copy 1: Eton College School Library armorial bookplate on front flyleaf verso, and library stamp on p. [5].
Provenance
Copy 1: Author's manuscript inscription and signature in black ink on front flyleaf, reading: "For the Macnaghten War Memorial Library with the author's best wishes. Cecil Beaton", followed by the quotation: "A good book is the life-blood of the human spirit".
Provenance
Copy 2: Eton College School Library armorial bookplate on front flyleaf verso, and library stamp on t.p.
Provenance
Copy 2: Author's ms. inscription and signature in black ink on the front flyleaf, reading: "For the Macnaghten Library, Eton College, with the author's best wishes. Cecil Beaton", dated 1969.
Provenance
Copies 1 and 2: Possibly donated to Eton by Eugen Millington-Drake, inferred from related collection materials.
Binding
Copies 1 and 2: 20th century publisher's blue cloth binding; gilt titling and decoration on the spine; blank endpapers; illustrated paper dust-jacket; copy 1 includes bookseller's red label on the front pastedown reading "The Lion Bookshop. 181 Via del Babuino - Rome. Tel. 689.629".
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks on the spine: copy 1, BEA 920 (1) and copy 2, BEA 920 (2).
Subject
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English.
Genre/Form
Diaries.
Added entry--name
Millington-Drake, Eugen, 1889 - 1972 former owner.
Added entry--name
Weidenfeld and Nicolson publisher.
Added entry--name
C. Tinling & Co. printer.
Added entry--name
Lion Bookshop bookseller.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53916