Virginibus puerisque :. and other papers /. by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257675
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fine-paper edition.. vii, [1], 193, [5] p. ;. 16 cm. Pencil marks on back flyleaf verso. Adhered to back pastedown, label: 'The Times (Book Club) 376-384 Oxford Street London.' Provenance: in black ink on title page: 'Nina Upcher'. Binding: twentieth-century publisher's green cloth over boards (faded), blind embossed decoration and lettering on upper boards, gilt decoration and lettering on spine. Trellis and briar rose decoration in green on endpapers.
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.
Makers and roles
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)