Wild adventures in wild places.
Gordon Stables (1840-1910)
Category
Books
Date
1881
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3220787
Summary
Bibliographic description
176 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on half-title "Richard Crewe his book. From his affectionate grandfather, Calke April 5/82" [i.e. presented to Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley, by Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt (1824-1886)]. Also inscribed in pencil "Miss Crewe A.M." Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's illustrated full brown cloth, gilt and black lettering on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers, gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Gordon Stables (1840-1910)