Uncle Silas: . a tale of Bartram-Haugh.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)
Category
Books
Date
1864
Materials
Measurements
192 x 132 x 31 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3112202.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: white, machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: tipped single-fold of white wove paperStructure: British Edges: plain-cut, finely sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, artificial hollow backEnd Bands: stuck-on textile (with printed blue stripe) folded over cord Bookmark: None Boards: 3mm strawboard, recycled with earlier covering from a case binding with a central circular ornament.Covering: Half black, tanned, plated straight-grain sheep with a combed marbled paper on the sides over boards covered in a blue pebble-grain bookcloth. Tooling Spine: gold-tooled 2-line tool at head and tail and above and below a direct-tooled title in panel 2Tooling Sides: Furniture: Enclosure: Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 18.5cm.. Provenance: Stamp of 'Milnethorpe Manor'. Binding: Nineteenth-century half brown cloth, marbled-paper boards, gold-lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)