Tom Burke of Ours.
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085587
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Copy no. 44. Extra-illustrated. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full calf; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped cornerpieces: clovers; gilt tooled spines; red morocco spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Charles Lever' and 'V[-VI].'; green morocco spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Tom Burke I[-II].'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets and gilt stamped cornerpieces (clover leaves) on turn-ins; gilt roll on pastedowns; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-ins: 'Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1902'.
Makers and roles
Charles James Lever (1806-1872), author Browne, Hablot Knight, illustrator Neville, Julie Kate, editor