'The Lamp in the Desert' by Ethel M. Dell
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1919-21 (printed)
1919-21 (printed)
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Blue 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 Asian man wearing a turban leaning on the terrace balustrade in the background, looking contemplative. The lettering of the book title is white on blue at the top, the author's name in yellow at the bottom underneath the picture, and the tagline in yellow below the name reading "Miss Dell always has a good story to tell". The back cover is blue with white text and displays a list of other titles by the same publisher in the 2/6 Blue Star Library series.
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Title | 'The Lamp in the Desert' by Ethel M. Dell (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Printed book jacket |
Brief description | Blue jacket for 'The Lamp in the Desert' by Ethel M. Dell, part of the 2/6 Blue Star Library series of popular fiction. Great Britain, 1919 or 1921. |
Physical description | Blue 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 Asian man wearing a turban leaning on the terrace balustrade in the background, looking contemplative. The lettering of the book title is white on blue at the top, the author's name in yellow at the bottom underneath the picture, and the tagline in yellow below the name reading "Miss Dell always has a good story to tell". The back cover is blue with white text and displays a list of other titles by the same publisher in the 2/6 Blue Star Library series. |
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Accession number | E.1542-1987 |
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Record created | July 1, 2013 |
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