B36284

Shelfmark

Kss.5.07

Author

Sherren

Title

The Wessex of romance /, by Wilkinson Sherren ; with illustrations.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Chapman & Hall, ...,, 1902.

Physical description

312 p. :, ill. ;, 20 cm.

Note

Red vertically-ribbed cloth ; lettering in gilt on spine and front board.

Provenance

Author's copy. Signed in ms. by the author on front pastedown and contains ms. authorial corrections. Several letters from various people tipped-in throughout the text, presumably all in response to having been sent presentation copies by the author.

Copy-specific note

ALS signed by Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 19 April 1902, tipped to t.p. Written from The Pines, Putney.

Copy-specific note

ALS from Miss Belham Edwards tipped to p. ix.

Copy-specific note

ALS from Emma Hardy presumably to the author, dated June 19 1902, tipped to p. 7. Emma compliments the book and provides additional detail about her early relationship with Hardy. She also hopes that the author will "doubtless [...] correct in [the] new edition the errors unavoidable in a first - which occurs in the dialect index".

Copy-specific note

1 folded leaf of ms. corrections tipped to rear endpaper. Presumably sent with her ALS to the author. 3 additional ms. corrections in another hand, likely to be Hardy's.

Copy-specific note

ALS from Edmund Gosse to the author tipped to p. 55. Gosse thanks the author for the presentation copy of the book.

Copy-specific note

ALS from "Victor", dated April 11 1902, tipped to p. 150. The paper is headed "Wyke Regis, Weymouth". It mentions Alfred Pretor, a friend of the Hardy's and a don at Cambridge.

Copy-specific note

ALS tipped to p. 6. Author not identifiable.

Subject

Hardy

Added entry--name

Gosse, associated name.

Added entry--name

Hardy, associated name.

Added entry--name

Watts-Dunton, associated name.

Added entry--name

chapman, publisher.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B36284

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aKss.5.07

100##$aSherren

24514$aThe Wessex of romance /$cby Wilkinson Sherren ; with illustrations.

260##$aLondon :$bChapman & Hall, ...,$c1902.

300##$a312 p. :$bill. ;$c20 cm.

500##$aRed vertically-ribbed cloth ; lettering in gilt on spine and front board.

561##$aAuthor's copy. Signed in ms. by the author on front pastedown and contains ms. authorial corrections. Several letters from various people tipped-in throughout the text, presumably all in response to having been sent presentation copies by the author.

590##$aALS signed by Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 19 April 1902, tipped to t.p. Written from The Pines, Putney.

590##$aALS from Miss Belham Edwards tipped to p. ix.

590##$aALS from Emma Hardy presumably to the author, dated June 19 1902, tipped to p. 7. Emma compliments the book and provides additional detail about her early relationship with Hardy. She also hopes that the author will "doubtless [...] correct in [the] new edition the errors unavoidable in a first - which occurs in the dialect index".

590##$a1 folded leaf of ms. corrections tipped to rear endpaper. Presumably sent with her ALS to the author. 3 additional ms. corrections in another hand, likely to be Hardy's.

590##$aALS from Edmund Gosse to the author tipped to p. 55. Gosse thanks the author for the presentation copy of the book.

590##$aALS from "Victor", dated April 11 1902, tipped to p. 150. The paper is headed "Wyke Regis, Weymouth". It mentions Alfred Pretor, a friend of the Hardy's and a don at Cambridge.

590##$aALS tipped to p. 6. Author not identifiable.

600##$aHardy

7000#$aGosse$eassociated name.

700##$aHardy$eassociated name.

7100#$aWatts-Dunton$eassociated name.

7102#$aChapman$epublisher.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.