The Light Brigade in Spain : or, The last fight of Sir John Moore / by Herbert Strang … ; with a preface by Lieut.-Col. Willoughby Verner ; illustrated by William Rainey, R.I.
Herbert Strang
Category
Books
Date
1904
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256980
Summary
Bibliographic description
12, [2], 13-416, [4] p., VIII, 4 leaves of plates : ill., map, plans ; 8vo. Reprint, September 1904. Pencil numbers on front pastedown: "11 80 [erased] / XX / 118 / 7/7". Provenance: Embossed stamp on front free endpaper: Broughton family crest with motto 'Si je puis' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: 'Brentano's / Booksellers & stationers, / New York.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; dark green, black, red and silver stamped illustration on upper board: soldier; black and silver stamped illustration on spine: crossed swords; black lettering on upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
Herbert Strang, author William Willoughby Cole Verner (1852-1922), author William Rainey (1852-1936), illustrator