Shelfmark
CSR.1369
Main entry--corporate name
Title
The John Rylands Library, Manchester: 1899-1924 : a record of its history with brief descriptions of the building and its contents / by the librarian Henry Guppy ; illustrated with sixty-two views and facsimiles.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Manchester : London : The University Press ; Longmans, Green & Co., 1924.
Physical description
xviii, 144 p., [62] leaves of plates : front., ports., facsims. ; 26 cm.
Note
Part of plates printed on both sides.
Note
On cover: "In commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its inauguration".
Note
Publications of the library, with a list of those issued between 1899 and 1924: p. 39-58.
Provenance
Ms. inscriptions in black ink on the front wrapper, reading: "The Library Eton Coll.", in different writing "Given by [?] James Cross", and "C.r.2".
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the title page, reading: "James Cross, Bailie House, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset. 6th october 1924".
Binding
Publisher's grey paper wrappers; rough fore edge.
Copy-specific note
Reference collection.
Copy-specific note
Sheet loosely inserted with a reproduction of an effigy of the founder of Baylye House, typewritten signed by James Cross, Vicar., and a ms. inscription in black ink reading "Sturminster-Marshall. Dorset".
Copy-specific note
Newspaper article pasted on the title page verso titled "The John Rylands Library. Notable gift by Lord Crawford", dated on October 6, 1924.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Libraries England Manchester.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Cross, James, 1847 - 1931 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Manchester.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54761