Rose Acre papers : including essays from "Horae solitariae" /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Duckworth,
1910.
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| Item Description: | "Most of the chapters in this book are reprinted from my 'Horae solitariae,' first published in 1902. 'An autumn house' and 'Rain' formed part of a little book entitled 'Rose Acre papers.' All were written between 1898 and 1901"--P. [viii] One of the Cushing Library/Lit./Edward Thomas copies is inscribed to Perceval Gibbon by the author and has gilt top edges, gold lettering on front cover and spine, and the publisher's monogram ornament, "Desormais" variety, on the lower left-hand corner of the back cover. One of the Cushing Library/Lit./Edward Thomas copies is inscribed to James Guthrie by Edward Thomas, then to Nora from Guthrie ("Nora" is the second wife of Guthrie's son, Stuart -- bookseller's description), and has the gilt edges and lettering version of the binding. One of the Cushing Library/Lit./Edward Thomas copies was donated by J. Lawrence Mitchell and has a dust jacket, dark green lettering on front cover and spine, and the publisher's ornament in lower left-hand corner of the back corner. Pencilled notes on front free endpaper attributed to Helen Thomas by a previous owner. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 186 pages ; 17 cm. |