The Arabian nights entertainments / selected and edited by Andrew Lang.
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Category
Books
Date
1902
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258738
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 424, [8] p. : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil codes on front free endpaper verso: "81./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: 'W.B. Clarke Co. / Booksellers & stationers / Park St. Church, Boston.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; single gilt fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: winged creature flying over Arabian city; gilt stamped illustration on spine: man carrying large basket; gilt lettered spine; gilt textblock edges; dark blue endpapers.
Makers and roles
Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor Henry Justice Ford (London 1860-1941), illustrator