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The Flying carpet

Book
ca. 1925 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleThe 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".
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
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.
Subject depicted
Other number
B.AB.FLYC.PA.1925 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041803009398

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Record createdJuly 13, 2017
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