A Window in Thrums / J. M. Barrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937, author.

Contributor:

Weales, Gerald, 1925-2013, associated name, former owner.

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

Altemus illustrated vademecum series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country life--Scotland--19th century.

Country life.

English literature--19th century.

English literature.

Physical Description:

285, [3] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 16 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus, [1899?]

Contents:

The House on the Brae

On the Track of the Minister

Preparing to Receive Company

Waiting for the Doctor

A Humorist on His Calling

Dead this Twenty Years

The Statement of Tibbie Birse

A Cloak with Beads

The Power of Beauty

A Magnum Opus

The Ghost Cradle

The Tragedy of a Wife

Making the Best of It

Visitors at the Manse

How Gavin Birse Put It to Mag Lownie

The Son from London

A Home for Geniuses

Leeby and Jamie

The Tale of a Glove

The Last Night

Jess Left Alone

Jamie's Home-Coming.

Notes:

Vademecum series was published in 1899 on Henry Altemus imprint. Beginning in 1900 the imprint changed to Henry Altemus Company.

Publisher's catalogue: [16] unnumbered pages at end.

Grey cloth boards with elaborately decorated front cover and spine featuring oval of red flowers with green leaves in front of black water tinted with gold. Half title page features head of Athena over scroll printed in red and blue. Title page is printed in red surrounded by green leaves and vine; frontispiece portrait of Barrie in black and white.

Local Notes:

PR4074.W55: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Gerald Weales Estate has penciled inscription "John & Ella. Merry Christmas 1899

OCLC:

2928648