Research Catalog
Tim.
- Title
- Tim.
- Author
- Sturgis, Howard Overing, 1855-1920.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Macmillan and co., 1891.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | NCW (Sturgis, H. O. Tim) | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Sturgis T56 1891 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Description
- 318, 44 p.; 19 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- The final 44 p. are advertisements.
- First edition, first impression of the author's first book, with the advertisements at the rear dated September 1891. A second impression of Tim was published the following month to meet demand.
- With biblical quote from David's lament on the death of Jonathan on t.p.: "Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women" (Samuel 2, 1:26).
- The novel inspired Forrest Reid's novel The Garden God (1905).
- Access (note)
- Berg Collection is restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Howard Sturgis was born in London to a wealthy Boston family. His friends included Edith Wharton, Henry James, and A.C. Benson. On the death of his mother he moved into a large house on the edge of Windsor Park with his lover, William Haynes-Smith. Sturgis published three novels. Tim, his first novel, is a homoerotic novel set at Eton, Sturgis's alma mater.
- Binding (note)
- Publisher's binding of blue coarse-grain cloth, with title and publisher's name gilt-stamped on spine and decorative motif running across top of front cover and spine.
- Call Number
- NCW (Sturgis, H. O. Tim)
- LCCN
- 08016864
- OCLC
- 2408787
- Author
- Sturgis, Howard Overing, 1855-1920.
- Title
- Tim.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Macmillan and co., 1891.
- Access
- Berg Collection is restricted access; request permission from holding division.
- Biography
- Howard Sturgis was born in London to a wealthy Boston family. His friends included Edith Wharton, Henry James, and A.C. Benson. On the death of his mother he moved into a large house on the edge of Windsor Park with his lover, William Haynes-Smith. Sturgis published three novels. Tim, his first novel, is a homoerotic novel set at Eton, Sturgis's alma mater.
- Binding
- Publisher's binding of blue coarse-grain cloth, with title and publisher's name gilt-stamped on spine and decorative motif running across top of front cover and spine.
- Local Note
- Berg Collection copy with a manuscript note on the front flyleaf, possibly signed "F. Burgoyne," noting that the book was purchased at a sale on May 27, 1925.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Burgoyne, F. fmo;. Inscriber
- Research Call Number
- NCW (Sturgis, H. O. Tim)Berg Coll Sturgis T56 1891