Sir Thomas Thumb or The Wonderful Adventures of a Fairy Knight

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Artist/Maker	T. Nelson and Sons (publisher) Fell, H. Granville (illustrator)
Place of origin	London (published)

Printed book, 156, [4] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates. Plates, including frontispiece, printed using three colour process. Case binding of green cloth over boards. Title in gilt on upper cover and spine. Colour illustrated onlay on upper cover.

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Categories	Children & Childhood Books National Art Library Illustration Fairy Tales and Legends
Object type	Book
Title	Sir Thomas Thumb or The Wonderful Adventures of a Fairy Knight (published title)
Materials and techniques	Case bound printed book, with three colour process illustrations. Printing Ink Paper
Brief description	Book, Sir Thomas Thumb or The Wonderful Adventures of a Fairy Knight (Green Cover). Illustrated by H. Granville Fell. London; Edinburgh; New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1917. NAL Pressmark: 861.AA.3440.
Physical description	Printed book, 156, [4] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates. Plates, including frontispiece, printed using three colour process. Case binding of green cloth over boards. Title in gilt on upper cover and spine. Colour illustrated onlay on upper cover.
Dimensions	Height: 170mm Width: 133mm Depth: 22mm Weight: 273g
Credit line	Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier
Object history	Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown reads: 'F.G. Longman, bookseller, Dorchester'. Presentation inscription in ink on upper flyleaf reads: 'For Peggy from an old aunt M.T. July 1917'. Acquired by the Reniers in Guildford in July 1959. Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. 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.
Other number	861.AA.3440 - NAL Pressmark
Collection	National Art Library
Library number	38041803037522

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Record created	March 10, 2020
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1533337/sir-thomas-thumb-or-the-book-fell-h-granville/

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