Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949
Title:
The States through Irish eyes, by E. Œ. Somerville. Illustrated by the author.
Published / Created:
Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1930.

New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1930.
Physical Description:
4 p. l., 199, [1] p. front., illus., plates. 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 2048
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 386

BEIN 1985 250: Provenance: This copy has author's autograph.

BEIN 1978 867: Provenance: This copy has author's autograph and bookplate of Harry Worcester Smith.

BEIN 1978 867: In case as issued.

BEIN 1978 868: Provenance: This copy has bookplate of Elizabeth Hudson.

BEIN 1978 868: 23 cm. One p.l. wanting.

BAC: British Art Center copy: Diaper-grain red cloth; stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, gold lettering on spine, untrimmed. (The diaper-grain can barely be distinguished from the smooth calico-texture of the cloth.) Spine height: 9 7/8 inches. In red board covered sleeve; white paper labels printed in black on front and back covers and spine. Plates, 8 plates of halftone-photoengravings, 13 different line-photoengravings, employed in 22 places as chapter-heads and as the end-piece. Illustrations by the author. Impression of 375 copies, 350 for sale. This copy designated as a "Presentation copy" (1 of 25?), signed by the author. Spine height: 10 1/8 inches.

"This edition consists of three hundred and seventy-five copies autographed by the author, of which three hundred and fifty are for sale."

Hudson, p. 50-51
Subject Terms:
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858–1949 -- Autograph. | Smith, Harry Worcester, 1865–1945 -- Bookplate. | Hudson, Elizabeth -- Bookplate. | United States -- Description and travel. | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918–1945.