The pirate aeroplane / by Captain Gilson ... ; illustrated in colour by Christopher Clark, R.I.
Gilson, Charles
Category
Books
Date
1913
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256411
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 11-327, [1], 16 p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Black printed sailing ship on front free endpaper. Pencil price[?] on rear free endpaper: "5/.". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "U.H.R. Broughton. / October 19. 1912. / Harrow." [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; black, brown, red-brown, light brown and cream blocked illustration on upper board: biplane flying over desert town; black, white, brown and light brown blocked illustration on spine: warriors; gilt lettered upper board and spine; blue textblock edges; blue-grey endpapers.
Makers and roles
Gilson, Charles, author Clark, Christopher, 1875-1942, illustrator