[Oxford degrees to J. M. Barrie, Ethel Smyth, Sir Henry Newbolt, Lord Dawson of Penn.] Material printed by the Clarendon Press relating to ‘Convocation / Encaenia, June 23, 1926 / The Right Hon. George, Viscount Cave, Chancellor / Presiding’.

Material which, by its very nature, is extremely uncommon. Three items, two of which are beautifully printed with the Fell Types. Duplicates from the papers of King George V’s doctor Lord Dawson of Penn (see his entry in the Oxford DNB). Among those to whom degrees are conferred (all of whom receive the customary praise in florid Latin) are J. M. Barrie, Sir Henry Newbold, Dame Ethel Smythe, Sir Austen Chamberlain and the Speaker of the Commons John Henry Whitley. The first three are printed with the Fell Types, and the first two and the fifth carry Johnson’s slug. ONE: Latin text of Addresses in ‘Convocation / Encaenia, June 23, 1926 / The Right Hon. George, Viscount Cave, Chancellor / Presiding’. 16 + [1]pp, folio. Stitched and unbound. In good condition. Addresses in Latin by Austen Chamberlain, Charles Oman, Frank Dicksee, J.M. Barrie, Henry Newbolt, Ethel Smyth, etc. TWO: ‘ORATIO CREWEIANA / MCMXXVI’. 8pp, folio. Stitched and unbound. The oration covers pp.1-5, and is followed by three pages of ‘OBITUARY / MCMXXV-MCMXXVI’. Creasing along foredges, which are slightly grubby, but good over all. THREE: ‘Encaenia Addresses / 1926’. 15pp, 8vo. Stitched and unbound. Latin text. Lightly creased, but good.