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'The Lamp in the Desert' by Ethel M. Dell

Print
1919-21 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red and yellow book jacket for a romance novel entitled 'The Lamp in the Desert'. A woman is depicted sitting on a terrace with a large moon and a mountain behind her in the dark blue sky. There is an man wearing a turban leaning on the terrace balustrade in the background, looking contemplative. The lettering of the book title is white on red at the top, the author's name red on yellow at the bottom underneath the picture, and the tagline in black below the name reading "Miss Dell always has a good story to tell". The back cover is white with black text and displays a list of other titles by the same publisher in the 3/6 series.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title'The Lamp in the Desert' by Ethel M. Dell (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed book jacket
Brief description
Red and yellow book jacket for 'The Lamp in the Desert' by Ethel M. Dell. Great Britain, 1919 or 1921.
Physical description
Red and yellow book jacket for a romance novel entitled 'The Lamp in the Desert'. A woman is depicted sitting on a terrace with a large moon and a mountain behind her in the dark blue sky. There is an man wearing a turban leaning on the terrace balustrade in the background, looking contemplative. The lettering of the book title is white on red at the top, the author's name red on yellow at the bottom underneath the picture, and the tagline in black below the name reading "Miss Dell always has a good story to tell". The back cover is white with black text and displays a list of other titles by the same publisher in the 3/6 series.
Dimensions
  • Height: 298mm
  • Width: 192mm
Dimensions measured 2/7/2013
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1541-1987

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Record createdJuly 1, 2013
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