The golden age / by Kenneth Grahame ; illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
Category
Books
Date
1904
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3257503
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 252 p., [18] plates : ill. ; 21 cm. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. $zPencil price, code and date on front pastedown: "250 net 4X 6/4". Ephemera: two loosely inserted publisher's advertisements flyers. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Huttleston Broughton 1904" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: 'Brentano's / Booksellers & Stationers, / Union Square / New York.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; single gilt fillet and double dark blue fillet to form a border on upper board; pattern of dark blue stamped butterflies on upper board; gilt lettered upper board and spine; gilt top edge. Some uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932), author Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), illustrator