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Creator:
Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (William Cosmo), 1840–1901
Title(s):
Corn and poppies / by Cosmo Monkhouse.
Published/Created:
London : Elkin Mathews, 1890
Physical Description:
ix, 161 p. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5029.M73 C67 1890
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
MUDD,ZETA Ip M749 890: This in no. 31.
BEIN 2012 570: One of 350 copies of a small paper edition. Red leather spine label. Advertising matter on [2] p. at end, not noted in pagination.
Poems.
"The small paper edition of this book, consisting of three hundred and fifty copies, was printed by R. & R. Clark of Edinburgh in March 1890"--P. [ii].
The publisher's advertisements at the end of the book are titled "Mr. Elkin Mathews's New and forthcoming works." At the top of the first page is printed: "The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, London, W., April 1890."
Nelson, James G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, 1889-1894, 6
BAC: British Art Center copy with the bookplate of C.H. Middleton-Wake. Has tipped in a letter from W. Cosmo Monkhouse to "Dear Sir" (Middleton Wake?), dated 3 Jan. [18]89.
Subject Terms:
Middleton-Wake, Charles Henry, 1828–1915 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Publishers' advertisements.
Contributors:
E. Mathews (Firm), publisher.
Bodley Head (Firm), publisher.
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