The maxims of Noah : derived from his experience with women both before and after the flood as given in counsel to his son Japhet / by Gelett Burgess ... ; with illustrations and designs by Louis D. Fancher.
Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951)
Category
Books
Date
1913
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3252604
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 119, [3] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil price on front free endpaper: "3/6". Ephemera: loosely inserted publisher's advertisement flyer for Burgess' "The maxims of Methuselah". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Huttleston / Broughton. / 1915." [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century quarter dark green cloth, red and black printed white paper over boards.
Makers and roles
Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), author Fancher, Louis D., illustrator