The Swan and her crew : or the adventures of three young naturalists and sportsmen on the Broads and rivers of Norfolk.
G. Christopher Davies (1849 - 1922)
Category
Books
Date
1888
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3207755
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx, 294, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19cm. Loosely inserted letter card between pp. 240-1, addressed to R. Crewe at Calke Abbey (sent from London 11 May 1892) from unknown sender [contents not deciphered]. Two loosely inserted and folded publisher's advertisements (Day & son) for books about wildlife and the navy between final leaves. Provenance: Printed booklabel: "R. Crewe" [i.e. Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley]. Also inscribed on t.p.: "Richard F. Harpur Crewe with Aunt Isabel's [i.e. Isabel Jane Crewe (1830-1909), daughter of Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt, and Jane Whittaker] love, 5 April 1889". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's pictorial cloth. Brown endpapers.
Makers and roles
G. Christopher Davies (1849 - 1922)