Accession number
PML 19083-86
Published
London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, ... Edinburgh and New York, [1910]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Notes
2 vols. each of first and second issue, as determined by the date of the warrant on p. 572. The first is dated May 12, 1910 with the earlier dates related to the king's title as duke of Cornwall and York; the second, dated June 23, 1910, is in reference to his title as Prince of Wales. The first is signed "Winston S. Churchill" the second "Winston Spencer Churchill."
At foot of t.p.: English 8vo.
From an edition of 6 copies (of each issue) printed on vellum.
Library's copy is number 1.
Morgan commissioned six copies to be printed on vellum by the King's printers, Eyre & Spottiswoode and to be bound to his specifications, all handled by F. Wheeler of J. Pearson & Co., booksellers in Pall Mall Place, London.
Prayer-book of George V.
At foot of t.p.: English 8vo.
From an edition of 6 copies (of each issue) printed on vellum.
Library's copy is number 1.
Morgan commissioned six copies to be printed on vellum by the King's printers, Eyre & Spottiswoode and to be bound to his specifications, all handled by F. Wheeler of J. Pearson & Co., booksellers in Pall Mall Place, London.
Prayer-book of George V.
Description
4 v. ; 28 cm
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
English 20th century red morocco, richly tooled with the arms and crowned monogram of George V. By Riviere & Son.
Classification
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