English coloured books / by Martin Hardie.
Martin Hardie (London 1875 - Tonbridge 1952)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085749
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 339, [1] p., [1], XXVII leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Pencil checkmark on front pastedown. Pencil letter "Z" and pencil numbers "11110" and "185" on rear pastedown. Ephemera: loosely inserted: (1) clipping from bookdealer's catalogue, describing this copy (price: £12); (2) two scraps of paper torn from 'Nature', July 27, 1963 [used as markers?]. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial crest bookplate: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. $zBinding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's red cloth; double blind fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped pattern of tulips on upper board; gilt stamped title panel at head of upper board with gilt stamped floral patterns; gilt stamped title and floral patterns on spine; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Martin Hardie (London 1875 - Tonbridge 1952), author Cyril Davenport (1848 - 1941), editor