Accession number
PML 179916
Creator
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915, author.
Published
London : Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1916.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
"First English edition ... Published 8 March 1916, at 7/6, the first printing consisting of 2800 copies"--Cf. Edel and Laurence.
Edition has two spine label states. Both have a year printed on label (either 1915 or 1916), but due to publication delays the first state has "1915" altered to "1916" by hand. Some copies are found with one label state on spine and one label state tipped into back of book. Cf. Edel and Laurence.
Library's copy has label on spine altered by hand from 1915 to 1916, and second label (with the printed date 1916) tipped in after page 180.
"The first thirteen chapters of this book were written as letters to the Westminster gazette ... The two remaining chapters appeared in the New statesman"--Page v.
Edition has two spine label states. Both have a year printed on label (either 1915 or 1916), but due to publication delays the first state has "1915" altered to "1916" by hand. Some copies are found with one label state on spine and one label state tipped into back of book. Cf. Edel and Laurence.
Library's copy has label on spine altered by hand from 1915 to 1916, and second label (with the printed date 1916) tipped in after page 180.
"The first thirteen chapters of this book were written as letters to the Westminster gazette ... The two remaining chapters appeared in the New statesman"--Page v.
Description
xlii, 180 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Campbell R. Coxe; Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's black cloth with a printed label pasted to the spine. Issued in a beige printed dust jacket.
Classification
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