The true story book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H.J. Ford, C.H.M. Kerr, and Lancelot Speed.
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Category
Books
Date
1900
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258678
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fourth impression. xiv, [2], 337, [3] p. : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil codes on front free endpaper verso: "8164/udo" and "ced". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Huttleston Broughton / 1904" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on front free endpaper (partially torn away): 'W.B. [Clarke Co.] / Book[sellers & stationers] / [… Boston?].' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: sailor and ship at sea; gilt stamped illustration on spine: Montezuma; gilt lettered spine; gilt textblock edges; black endpapers.
Makers and roles
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor Bogle, W. Lockhart, illustrator Davis, Lucien, illustrator Henry Justice Ford (London 1860-1941), illustrator Kerr, Charles H. M, illustrator Lancelot Speed (London 1860 - Southend on Sea 1931), illustrator