Poems in Latin : together with a few inscriptions / compiled by John Sparrow.
John Sparrow (1906-1992)
Category
Books
Date
1941
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3155607
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xii, [2], 68 p. ; 8vo. Ephemera: undated and unaddressed note inserted between rear endpapers, from "J.R.A." [Joe Randolph Ackerley (1896-1967)] about the recipient (presumably Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer) reviewing a book for 'The Listener'. Provenance: manuscript inscription on recto of front free endpaper: "Wyndham Ketton-Cremer from John Sparrow Felbrigg April 1953". [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969) from John Sparrow (1906-1992)]. "1.75" written in top corner of recto of front free endpaper. Occasional manuscript corrections throughout. Ronald Knox's translation of a poem by Thomas Gray written below the text of the poem, in the hand of John Sparrow. Binding: twentieth-century full publisher's mulberry cloth; title and author gilt embossed on upper board, within box formed by double gilt fillet; gilt lettering on spine; mulberry top edge.
Makers and roles
John Sparrow (1906-1992)