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INSCRIBED BY THE BEVERIDGES Sintram and his Companions

Lamottefouque - Translated by A.C. Farquharson [Janet and William Beveridge]
Inscribed by Janet and William Beveridge, a first edition hardback. Large octavo. viii, 193 pp. An ex libris bookplate in the name of ‘W H Beveri… Read more
Published in 1908 by Methuen & Co.
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Inscribed by Janet and William Beveridge, a first edition hardback. Large octavo. viii, 193 pp. An ex libris bookplate in the name of ‘W H Beveridge’ is attached to front pastedown. Front free endpaper contains a pasted photograph of Janet and William Beveridge and a gift inscription in their hand ‘To Will Davis’ dated July 6, 1953.

William Beveridge (1879–1963) was a British economist and social reformer who drafted the influential 1942 ‘Beveridge Report’ which laid the foundation for the UK's modern welfare state and NHS. Janet Beveridge (née Philip, 1876–1959) was a researcher, writer, collaborator and his wife.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Original red cloth in very good condition with gilt titles and very attractive gilt embossing to boards and spine. Endpapers and first flyleaves lightly spotted; age toned. Title page and frontispiece featuring an engraving by Albrecht Durer very good. Text block in very good, sound and fresh condition. Beautiful handmade paper throughout. Complete with all 14 illustrations by Edmund J Sullivan. Printed at the Arden Press.


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Publisher Methuen & Co
Date published 1908
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Product code 9674


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