Bound autograph manuscript of Gertrude Bone, Children's Children (1908), with illustrations by Muirhead Bone
A mostly fair autograph manuscript copy by Gertrude Bone, with a few ink corrections and pencil notes (possibly for publisher or typesetter) and two original illustrations by Muirhead Bone: a pencil drawing of his wife Gertrude and their son Stephen; and an additional small circular ink tail piece.
108 numbered sheets, written on rectos only. Bound in full crushed morocco with gilt edges and tooling to spine by J. & E. Bumpus, Oxford Street.
Dates
- Creation: [1907]
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 22129].
Shelfmark:
MS. 22129
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 22129
Abstract
Bound autograph manuscript of Gertrude Bone, Children's Children, with illustrations by Muirhead Bone, [1907].
Biographical / Historical
For full biographical details, see entry for Bone, Sir Muirhead (1876–1953), printmaker and draughtsman, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library with the support of the Roy Davids Fund from Michael Kemp Bookseller, Sep 2022.
- Title
- Catalogue of bound autograph manuscript of Gertrude Bone, Children's Children, with illustrations by Muirhead Bone
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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