Accession number
PML 190653-58
Published
London : William Heinemann, 1919-1926.
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2002.
Notes
"Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury"--v. 1, p. [64].
"Holywell Press ... Oxford""--v. 2, p. [56].
"Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury"--v. 3, t.p. verso.
"Printed in Great Britain at the Westminster Press ... London"--v. 4, t.p. verso.
"Printed in Great Britain at the Westminster Press ... London"--v. 5, t.p. verso.
"Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, Bungay, Suffolk"--v. 6, t.p. verso.
500 copies printed of each of the 6 volumes.
Editor's preface signed: Martin Gilkes, Richard Hughes, P.H.B. Lyon.
Brown cloth slipcase.
The set publishes the first appearances in print of Peter Quennell, A.L. Rowse, Graham Greene, Christopher Isherwood, W.H. Auden, John Betjeman, Alan Pryce-Jones and John Pudney, among others.
Publisher's advertisements on half title verso on each of the 6 volumes.
"Holywell Press ... Oxford""--v. 2, p. [56].
"Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury"--v. 3, t.p. verso.
"Printed in Great Britain at the Westminster Press ... London"--v. 4, t.p. verso.
"Printed in Great Britain at the Westminster Press ... London"--v. 5, t.p. verso.
"Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, Bungay, Suffolk"--v. 6, t.p. verso.
500 copies printed of each of the 6 volumes.
Editor's preface signed: Martin Gilkes, Richard Hughes, P.H.B. Lyon.
Brown cloth slipcase.
The set publishes the first appearances in print of Peter Quennell, A.L. Rowse, Graham Greene, Christopher Isherwood, W.H. Auden, John Betjeman, Alan Pryce-Jones and John Pudney, among others.
Publisher's advertisements on half title verso on each of the 6 volumes.
Description
6 v. (63, [1]; 55, [1]; 51, [1]; viii, 37, [3]; viii, 40; viii, 37, [3] p.) ; 20 cm
Provenance
Inscribed: "Isobel C. Winchell from Rachel Corder Seascale Sept 1920" on front flyleaf, v. 1; Ex Libris of E.E Evans-Pritchard on inside front cover, v. 2; Inscribed: Frida Cotwill, September 29th 1924, on front flyleaf, v.4; Signed by E.J. Drucker on front flyleaf, v. 5; Kenneth A. Lohf, New York.
Binding
Publisher's boards, v. 1 -3; publisher's cloth backed boards, v. 4 - 6.
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