The curious book of birds / by Abbie Farwell Brown ; with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith.
Brown, Abbie Farwell
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
Place of origin
Boston
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3257644
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [5], 191, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil price and codes on front pastedown: "110 net 4x- 14". Ephemera: two four-leaf clovers pressed between pp. 14-15. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "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 pink cloth; single black fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt, black, white and brown blocked centrepiece on upper board: two birds looking at an open book; gilt lettering on upper board and spine; gilt, black and grey blocked illustration on spine: head of an owl.
Makers and roles
Brown, Abbie Farwell, author Smith, E. Boyd, illustrator