Puck of Pook's Hill / by Rudyard Kipling ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S.
Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256952
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 276, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Manuscript code on rear pastedown: "un'a/pes". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "For Huddleston / A Merry Xmas / from Montray Farquhar / 1906" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twetneith0century full publisher's green cloth; double black fillet to form an outer border on upper board; black stamped illustration of Viking longship on upper board and on spine; gilt lettered upper board and spine; gilt top edge. Some uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), author Arthur Rackham (Lewisham 1867 – Limpsfield 1939), illustrator