The bar sinister / by Richard Harding Davis ; illustrated by E.M. Ashe.
Richard Harding Davis (1864 - 1916)
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3257638
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, [2], 108, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Pencil prices (one erased, illegible), code and date on front pastedown: "... XX 79¢ 7/7". Ephemera: loosely inserted pre-printed postcard of Constable & Co. Ltd., for signing up to their mailing list. Provenance: Blind 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 beige cloth; light blue, gilt, black and white blocked shield on upper board; light blue lettering on upper board and spine; light blue top edge; mustard yellow endpapers.
Makers and roles
Richard Harding Davis (1864 - 1916), author Ashe, E. M., illustrator