The blockade runners
Jules Verne (1828-1905)
Category
Books
Date
1881
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3113144
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 120p., [15] plates . ill.., port.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Frontispiece is clumsily hand-coloured. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue describing a different set of Verne works, with Norris's inscription H [i.e. Hodgson's] 5.4.74 90.. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Forms part of a set in one volume of which (Martin Paz) is inscribed, in Norris's hand: Hodgson 1942 4/18/6.. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red calf; marbled boards; gilt spine; green spine labels with title "The works of Jules Verne".
Makers and roles
Jules Verne (1828-1905)