Adventures in the great forests : romantic incidents & perils of travel, sport, and exploration throughout the world / by H.W.G. Hyrst ... ; with sixteen illustrations.
Hyrst, H. W. G.
Category
Books
Date
1908
Materials
Place of origin
Philadelphia
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258643
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi, [1], 13-329, [3] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil price and codes on front pastedown: "1.50 / net / 4X= / 10/7". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Huttleston Broughton / 1908." [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; white and red fillets to form an outer border on upper board; gilt and red stamped centrepiece on upper board (within a single white fillet border): man pointing a gun at a snake; red and white decoration and lettering on upper board; gilt and red stamped men with shields and spears and gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Hyrst, H. W. G., author