Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
Title:
Men & manners / by William Shenstone ; selected and introduced by Havelock Ellis.
Alternate Title(s):
Men and manners
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical Description:
[2], xxiii, [3], 97, [3] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham, Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, & completed on the 27th day of April, 1927. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and F. Young. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. The text is taken from the sixth edition, printed in 1791 for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. 500 copies have been printed, of which Nos. 1-260 are for the United States of America."--Colophon.
Subject Terms:
English wit and humor. | English essays. | Manners and customs. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London | Essays.
Contributors:
Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Ellis, Havelock, 1859–1939, compiler.