Underneath the bough : a posie of other men's flowers / gathered by Theodora Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Theodora, compiler.

Contributor:

Bodley Head (Firm), publisher.

John Lane Company, publisher.

William Brendon and Son, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Case bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Publishers’ advertisements.

Quotations.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[12], 461, 6 pages : 1 illustration ; 17 cm

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Manufacture:

Plymouth : William Brendon and Son, Ltd., printers.

Place of Publication:

London : John Lane The Bodley Head ; New York : John Lane Company [between 1906 and 1917]

Notes:

With a half-title

"Seventh edition"--Verso of title leaf.

Terminus post quem for imprint date from latest date of first publication of works advertised at end of volume; terminus ante quem from manuscript gift inscription dated "July 1917" on verso of front free endpaper of Penn Libraries copy.

Frontispiece illustration.

Publishers's advertisements: Pages 1-6 (second count).

Binding: full green publisher's cloth; left board has title stamped in gold surrounded by gold-stamped illustrative and decorative borders; title, compiler's name and publisher's name stamped in gold on spine; color-illustrated endpapers.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

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

OCLC:

1379286070