Author: Members of St. John's College
Title: The Eagle: A Magazine Supported by Members of St. John&Apos;S College Vols. XII-XVI
Description: Cambridge , W. Metcalfe and Sons, 1883-1891. Cloth. Five smart volumes of this annual periodical review of St. John's College, Cambridge, in a uniform institutional cloth binding. Containing a collection of five scarce volumes from The Eagle, an annual review of St. John's College, Cambridge. Uniformly rebound in a presentation red cloth for the Cambridge Free Library. With presentation bookplates dated 1909 to the front pastedowns. Comprising Volumes XII-XVI. With a frontispiece to Vol. XIV and XVI, and one further plate to XVI.Each volume has the bound in list of subscribers to the rear of each work, as well as the issues' original front covers. With an 1891 library presentation bookplate tipped in to the verso of the Index title page to Vol. XV. The poet Thomas Ashe founded The Eagle in the year in which he graduated from St John's, with the help of a college fellow, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor. Henry George Hart and Robert Forsyth Scott were later editors of the magazine.With historical discussions of Cambridge life, notes from the College's records, lists of the founders and benefactors, and a chronicle to each volume detailing the latest events and announcements. Uniformly rebound in a presentation red cloth for the Cambridge Free Library. With the College's emblem stamped in gilt to the front boards. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the boards of Vols XII-XIV. With marks to the boards of Vol. XIV. Fading to the spines and adhered with library labels, most of which are sunned or rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots, with heaviest instances to the first and last few leaves of Vol XII. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: The Eagle Magazine St John's College Cambridge Thomas Ashe Magazine None
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Title: The Eagle: A Magazine Supported by Members of St. John&Apos;S College Vols. XII-XVI
Description: Cambridge , W. Metcalfe and Sons, 1883-1891. Cloth. Five smart volumes of this annual periodical review of St. John's College, Cambridge, in a uniform institutional cloth binding. Containing a collection of five scarce volumes from The Eagle, an annual review of St. John's College, Cambridge. Uniformly rebound in a presentation red cloth for the Cambridge Free Library. With presentation bookplates dated 1909 to the front pastedowns. Comprising Volumes XII-XVI. With a frontispiece to Vol. XIV and XVI, and one further plate to XVI.Each volume has the bound in list of subscribers to the rear of each work, as well as the issues' original front covers. With an 1891 library presentation bookplate tipped in to the verso of the Index title page to Vol. XV. The poet Thomas Ashe founded The Eagle in the year in which he graduated from St John's, with the help of a college fellow, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor. Henry George Hart and Robert Forsyth Scott were later editors of the magazine.With historical discussions of Cambridge life, notes from the College's records, lists of the founders and benefactors, and a chronicle to each volume detailing the latest events and announcements. Uniformly rebound in a presentation red cloth for the Cambridge Free Library. With the College's emblem stamped in gilt to the front boards. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the boards of Vols XII-XIV. With marks to the boards of Vol. XIV. Fading to the spines and adhered with library labels, most of which are sunned or rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots, with heaviest instances to the first and last few leaves of Vol XII. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: The Eagle Magazine St John's College Cambridge Thomas Ashe Magazine None
Price: GBP 140.00 = appr. US$ 199.92 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 935Y12
- Book number: 935Y12
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