A dreamer's tales / by Lord Dunsany ...
Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957
Category
Books
Date
1910
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3253047
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 252 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works by Lord Dunsany. Pencil codes on rear free endpaper: "EO/-" and "WX/-". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full black morocco with pattern of gilt stamped stars; single gilt fillet to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped centrepiece on boards: gankyil ("wheel of joy"); gilt lettered upper board and spine; sewn onto five raised bands; single gilt fillet on board edges; triple gilt fillet on turn-ins; gilt top edge; blue and gilt patterned endpapers; black ribbon marker. Original blue cloth front cover and spine bound in at end.
Makers and roles
Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957, author Sime, Sidney Herbert, illustrator