[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. Five items, three of them beautifully printed with the Fell Types. 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 Smity, 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 presentations in ‘Convocation / Encaenia, June 23, 1926 / The Right Hon. George, Viscount Cave, Chancellor / Presiding’. 16 + [1]pp, folio. In black cloth, with the arms of the University and details of the Encaenia stamped on the front in copious gilt. Beginning to spring at foot of the front hinge, otherwise good. TWO: ‘The Order of Proceedings’. [8]pp, 4to. Stitched and unbound. THREE: ‘ORATIO CREWEIANA / MCMXXVI’. 8pp, folio. Stitched and unbound. The oration covers pp.1-5, and is followed by three pages of ‘OBITUARY / MCMXXV-MCMXXVI’. Crease to margin at head of gutter. FOUR: Floor plan of dinner, ‘All Souls College. Encænia, 1926.’ Printed in black and red. 1p, landscape folio. Folded untidily, with some creasing, but good overall. FIVE: ‘Encaenia Addresses / 1926’. 15pp, 8vo. Stitched and unbound. Latin text. With three creases, otherwise good. Loosely inserted is a typed translation of ‘Speech by the Public Orator at Oxford on June 23rd 1926 / LORD DAWSON OF PENN’, the original Latin of which is on p.7. 1p, 4to.