Queen Victoria / by Richard R. Holmes, ...
Sir Richard Rivington Holmes (London 1835 - London 1911)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3178322
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], ii, 200, [2] p., col. frontis., [23] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 34 cm. American ed.? Additional imprint on title page: "New York The Century Co." Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "fine copy £2-10-0". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate large variant, signed Badeley 1930: Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Broughton (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full red morocco; triple gilt fillet to form a border; gilt garland on upper board; sewn onto five rasied bands; spine gilt, lettered direct: 'Queen Victoria Holmes' with gilt-stamped profiles of young Queen Victoria; single gilt fillet on board edges; gilt textblock edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Sir Richard Rivington Holmes (London 1835 - London 1911), author