Black Partidge, or, The fall of Fort Dearborn / by Colonel H.R. Gordon, author of "Red Jacket," "Logan," "Pontiac," etc.
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840 - 1916)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3088916
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 302 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Shelved and uniform with other works by "Gordon" [i.e. Ellis]. Bookseller's pencil notes on second front free endpaper: "2LXꝊO"; "1920 net[?]" (erased); "hs.ww" and "6 vols". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Ink stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'E.P. Dutton & Co. N.Y.'. Binding: Early twentieth-century half green morocco, marbled paper over boards; five false bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Black Partridge' and 'Gordon'; remaining spine compartments gilt stamped with axe and bow and arrow; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840 - 1916), author