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Great Tom the curfew bell of Oxford : an historical ballad

Title
Great Tom the curfew bell of Oxford : an historical ballad / by Otto Idlethorne.
Published
Paris : Librairie européenne de Baudry, Mesnil-Dramard et cie., successeurs, 1885.
Physical Description
31, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Ip Id45 885 Copy 1: Manuscript note on verso of t.p.: This is the very rare recalled edition with the Carendon Press imprint. This was struck out, and the book was then sold freely without it ... This is probably the only copy of the first edition [signed] F. Madan. Original paper covers bound in.
BEIN Ip Id45 885 Copy 2: 2nd issue. 31 p. Without the Oxford university press imprint. Original paper covers bound in. Mounted on p. [3] is the author's visiting card. Bound with copy 1. Inserted at front of 1st copy of the 2nd issue is the face of the envelope from the publishers to Prof. Westwood of Oxford (probably the envelope in which a copy of the work was sent).
MUDD Lmd64 885ib: 2d issue. 23 cm.
MUDD Lmd64 885ib: With the original paper covers.
MUDD Lmd64 885ib: Ms. note on verso of t.-p.: The first issue of this ballad ... had an imprint "Printed at the University press ..." This issue was very soon called in, and this form, without the imprint, issued ... [signed] F. Madan.
MUDD Lmd64 885ib: Inserted at front is the author's visiting card. Includes ms. note by Falconer Madan, his autograph, and his stamp.
Notes
Imprint on last page: Printed at the University Press, Oxford by Horace Hart, printer to the University.
"The following ballad ... is based on early historical records preserved n the archives of the University of Oxford"--cf. Note, p. [3].
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
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