POEMS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD by Matthew Arnold 1937 LONDONDERRY MILITARY PRIZE COPY
POB#58467
TITLE: Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867
AUTHOR: Matthew Arnold
PUBLISHER: Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press
DATE: 1937
DESCRIPTION: xxvii, 460 pages frontispiece (portrait) 19 cm
CONDITION NOTES: FINE without exception. Presentation gift inscription tipped in.
BINDING: "Bound by Baytun (Riviere) Bath, England" Full olive calf rippled on covers, with dentelles, all edges gilt. No unit insignia in binding.
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PRIZE INSCRIPTION (tipped in): " From the Wardroom Officers and A/S School & Barracks - with their thanks and congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy married life | 31st August 1946 | E Hart Dyke | Commander"
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Eric Hart Dyke, R. N. ?? Presumed biography explained on a laid in slip by a previous owner. The undersigned name appears to represent the group of gift givers, but may also be the recipient. The Londonderry garrison certainly kept officer names and martial status confidential, but in a gift book? Or perhaps Lord Dyke prearranged copies to distribute as needed? Intriguing. In any case, a beautiful book of English poetry in a superb English binding.
