B24147
Shelfmark
Lq.3.17
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Lq.3.18, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 31 of 157 copies ; ms. previous shelfmark in pencil., [Provenance:] Armorial bookplate of Clarence Henry Kennett Marten ; ms. inscription: "C. H. K. M[arten]. from M. R. J[ames]., 24 Nov. mdccccxxviii".
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Lq.3.19, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 28 of 157 copies ; ms. previous shelfmark in pencil., [Provenance:] Ms. inscription: "A. F. S[cholfield]. from M. R. J[ames]., Dec. mdccccxxviii".
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Lq.3.20, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 26 of 157 copies ; ms. bookseller's notes and codes in pencil ; loose typed notes about Allen Beville Ramsay., [Provenance:] Booklabel of the M. R. James Collection of Eton College Library with ms. previous shelfmark in pencil ; bookplate of James Orton ; ms. inscription: "A. B. R[amsay]. from M. R. J[ames]., mdccccxxviii".
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Lq.3.21, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 68 of 157 copies., [Provenance:] Ms. inscription: "This book belonged to Hugh Haworth, who, while a master at Eton, was present at such camps ... it was given to School Library in memory of him ... March 1982".
Author
James, M.R, (Montague Rhodes)
Title
Wailing well /, by M. R. James.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Stanford Dingley :, The Mill House Press,, MCMXXVIII [1928].
Physical description
[6], 20, [2]p ;, 23cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Paper has horizontal chain lines ; edges uncut.
Note
Publisher's tan cloth quarter-binding with beige cloth boards ; lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Note
ECL copy: No. 41 of 157 copies.
Note
Signed by the people that feature in the story: M. R. James, C. A. Alington, C. H. K. Marten, H. G. Ley, A. C. Beasley-Robinson, J. H. L. Lambart, and W. Hope-Jones - pp. 1-6.
Note
Map pasted onto front endpaper with ms. additions marking the places where the story is set.
Note
Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text.
Note
Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Provenance
Loose ms. letter to Peter Lawrence from Martin Charteris, Provost of Eton.
Provenance
Typed explaination of the provenance of this book signed by Peter Lawrence and pasted onto front endpaper.
Provenance
Ms. letter (dated 1946-08-18) to Peter Lawrence from J. Docwra Rogers, the Boy Scout District Commissioner.
Subject
Ghosts.
Added entry--name
Alington, Cyril, former owner,, signer.
Added entry--name
Lawrence, Peter Stafford Hayden, former owner.
Added entry--name
Marten, Clarence Henry Kennett, signer.
Added entry--name
Lambart, Julian H. L., signer.
Added entry--name
Ley, Henry G., (Henry George), signer.
Added entry--name
Beasley-Robinson, A. C., signer.
Added entry--name
Hope-Jones, William, signer.
Added entry--name
Charteris of Amisfield, Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron,, correspondent.
Added entry--name
Docwra Rogers, J., correspondent.
Added entry--name
Scholfield, A. F, (Alwyn Faber), former owner.
Added entry--name
Orton, James, former owner.
Added entry--name
Ramsay, A. B, (Allen Beville), former owner.
Added entry--name
Haworth, Hugh, former owner.
Added entry--name
Mill House Press
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library
Added entry--place
England, Berkshire, Stanford Dingley.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Lq.3.18, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 31 of 157 copies ; ms. previous shelfmark in pencil., [Provenance:] Armorial bookplate of Clarence Henry Kennett Marten ; ms. inscription: "C. H. K. M[arten]. from M. R. J[ames]., 24 Nov. mdccccxxviii".
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Lq.3.19, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 28 of 157 copies ; ms. previous shelfmark in pencil., [Provenance:] Ms. inscription: "A. F. S[cholfield]. from M. R. J[ames]., Dec. mdccccxxviii".
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Lq.3.20, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 26 of 157 copies ; ms. bookseller's notes and codes in pencil ; loose typed notes about Allen Beville Ramsay., [Provenance:] Booklabel of the M. R. James Collection of Eton College Library with ms. previous shelfmark in pencil ; bookplate of James Orton ; ms. inscription: "A. B. R[amsay]. from M. R. J[ames]., mdccccxxviii".
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Lq.3.21, [Copy-specific notes:] ECL copy: No. 68 of 157 copies., [Provenance:] Ms. inscription: "This book belonged to Hugh Haworth, who, while a master at Eton, was present at such camps ... it was given to School Library in memory of him ... March 1982".
B24147
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