The concise Oxford dictionary of current English.
Francis George Fowler (1871-1918)
Category
Books
Date
1924
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3167088
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, [2], 1064 p.; . 18cm. Three newspaper cuttings loosely inserted inside upper board: 1) obituary of H.W. Fowler, annotated in ms. 'Times 28th Dec 1923'. 2) account of the Enneads annotated on verso 'Photinus ... Observer 4 Jan 1930'; 3) unidentified cutting annotated 'Bede'. Provenance: Inscribed in ink 'To Mrs Webber with love from Billy Straw January 1925' [i.e. William Straw junior (1898-1990)]. Binding: twentieth-century publisher's full red cloth; as issued. With amateur cover of folded brown paper, printed sections of dust jacket (or prospectus?) pasted onto upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
Francis George Fowler (1871-1918) Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933)