Derby day and other adventures / by A. Edward Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940.

Contributor:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

Brontë family.

Penn Provenance:

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940

Hess, Frances C., Mrs. (donor)

Physical Description:

xii, 389 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm

Edition:

Limited edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1934.

Contents:

The Derby.

Ascot.

Off to the Grand National.

A book-collector goes to the dogs.

Adventures in London: morning.

Adventures in London: noon and night.

Adventures in Gough Square.

Franklin and Johnson meet at Mr. Strahan's.

Adventures westward.

The course of empire.

Adventures at the Hearst Ranch.

Adventures in San Francisco.

Vienna and I.

I and Budapest.

The Brontë country: my first visit.

The Brontë country: my second visit.

Index.

Notes:

A transcription of "A leaf from an unopened volume; or, The manuscript of an unfortunate author <Charlotte Brontë>": p. [343]-380.

"This limited edition consists of 1129 numbered copies, printed on all rag, deckle-edged paper, bound in boards with buckram back. These are the only copies which have been or will be inscribed by the author. Within the back cover is included a facsimile of the unpublished novelette, 'A leaf from an unopened volume,' by Charlotte Brontë."

Local Notes:

RBC has copy 419. In case.

Related Work:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Leaf from an unopened volume.

OCLC:

38676423