Stories and essays / by Mrs. Havelock Ellis ; with prefaces by Charles Marriott and George Ives ; reminiscences by Mrs. Clifford Bax and F. W. Stella Browne ; notes by Havelock Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Havelock, Mrs., 1861-1916.

Marriott, Charles, 1869-1957, author of preface.

Ives, George, 1867-1950, author of preface.

Contributor:

Bax, Clifford, Mrs., writer of supplementary textual content.

Browne, Stella, 1880-1955, writer of supplementary textual content.

Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939, writer of supplementary textual content.

Free Spirit Press (Firm), active 1924, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century.

English literature.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Davis, H.S. (autograph, 2/1925)

Green, Thelma D., Estate of (donor)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Somnes (?), Helen and George (inscription, Xmas 1937) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Weinberger, Harry (autograph, Xmas 1937) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley Heights, N.J. : Published privately by the Free Spirit Press, [1924]

Contents:

v. 1. Stories: Preface by C. Marriott; Johannes: a memory by Mrs. C. Bax; Introductory note by H. Ellis; Dolores; The epistle of a mother; Heaven's jester; Porky's Cissy; Sakuntala and a Cornishman.

v. 2. Essays: Preface by G. Ives; Edith Ellis, a memory by F. W. Stella Browne; Introductory note by H. Ellis; Forerunners; Personal impressions of Edward Carpenter; James Hinton; Havelock Ellis; Olive Schreiner; Oscar Wilde; Ellen Key; Frederik van Eeden.

Notes:

Title from cover; each volume has special title page.

The plates are mounted.

"This private edition is published in two volumes and limited to 305 sets ..."

Bibliography: volume 2, 1 leaf at end.

Local Notes:

Kislak has copy 143.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection has copy number 242. Has inscription: "To Helen and George Somnes (?) with best wishes Harry Weinberger, Xmas 1937"

OCLC:

1354173