The Flying carpet
Book
ca. 1925 (published)
ca. 1925 (published)
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200 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates. Half-title. Illustrated title page. Colour plates reproduced by three colour process. Pasted onto grey leaves. Numerous black and white text illustrations. Illustrators include; Mabel Lucie Attwell, J.R.C. Bodley, L.R. Brightwell, H.M. Brock, Harold Earnshaw, Daphne Jerrold, E. Barnard Lintott, Hugh Lofting, George Morrow, Susan Pearse, T. Heath Robinson, Ernest H. Shepard, Dudley Tennant, A. H. Watson. Illustrated case binding of cream cloth. Upper cover has title, illustration and border in brown. Title and publisher in brown on spine. Binder's ticket on upper pastedown reads: "J. Dutton, Printer & Stationer, 91 High-st. Chelmsford".
Object details
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| Title | The Flying carpet (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound printed book with three colour process illustrations |
| Brief description | Book, The Flying Carpet, compiled by Cynthia Asquith, London, Partridge & Co. Ltd., 1925. Mabel Lucie Attwell, J.R.C. Bodley, L.R. Brightwell, H.M. Brock, Harold Earnshaw, Daphne Jerrold, E. Barnard Lintott, Hugh Lofting, George Morrow, Susan Pearse, T. Heath Robinson, Ernest H. Shepard, Dudley Tennant, A. H. Watson. NAL Pressmark: B.AB.FLYC.PA.1925. |
| Physical description | 200 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates. Half-title. Illustrated title page. Colour plates reproduced by three colour process. Pasted onto grey leaves. Numerous black and white text illustrations. Illustrators include; Mabel Lucie Attwell, J.R.C. Bodley, L.R. Brightwell, H.M. Brock, Harold Earnshaw, Daphne Jerrold, E. Barnard Lintott, Hugh Lofting, George Morrow, Susan Pearse, T. Heath Robinson, Ernest H. Shepard, Dudley Tennant, A. H. Watson. Illustrated case binding of cream cloth. Upper cover has title, illustration and border in brown. Title and publisher in brown on spine. Binder's ticket on upper pastedown reads: "J. Dutton, Printer & Stationer, 91 High-st. Chelmsford". |
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| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier |
| Object history | Presentation inscription on upper flyleaf reads: "With love to Eileen from Phyllis Xmas 1925". Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. Acquired by the Reniers from "Eileen Hall" in December 1964. Bookplate on upper pastedown reads: "From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier". Initialled in ink "AR" (ie. Anne Renier) on lower flyleaf. Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. |
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| Other number | B.AB.FLYC.PA.1925 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041803009398 |
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| Record created | July 13, 2017 |
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