| Curwen Press: | B74 |
| Curwen Press: | B74 |
| British Library: | 20017.c.39 |
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[within a double rule] ROLAND ERASMUS PHILIPPS, M.C. CAPTAIN, 9th BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS COMMISSIONER of Boy Scouts [2-line dropped initial C] for East & North-East London Assistant Commissioner for Wales, Advisory Commissioner for Prepara- tory Schools Born February 27th, 1890 Educated at Locker's Park, Twyford, Winchester and New College, Oxford Killed in Action at Ovillers July 7th, 1916. ROLAND HOUSE 29 Stepney Green, London, E.1 1920
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[1]22 with 2 pairs of grey leaves for endleaves, sewn as one section; Ff1 and 22 made onto grey endleaves; 4 single leaf inserts sewn in after Ff1 5 9 and 18, bearing halftone sepia illustrations.
[2] 3-38 [+2] excluding endleaves, loaded leaves, and the outermost white leaf made onto endleaves.
Demy 8o: 8 ⅜" × 5 ¼", white laid, Abbey Mills Greenfield; 12pt. Imprint with 5-line dropped initials; halftone illustrations in sepia on inserts; boards embossed green cloth, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘[within 2 blind rules] ROLAND PHILIPPS Boy Scout [block of Scout badge including motto: BE PREPARED]’
Lord Baden-Powell appears to have been the instigator of this book; it seems probable that scoutmaster Harold Curwen (see Simon 1973 p.115) and Capt. Philipps knew each other; this book was published at Roland House, named in honour of captain Philipps, which was later sold by the Scout movement in 1963.
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Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 8/Nov/2017