Accession number
PML 88831
Creator
Spen, Kay, -1887.
Published
London : Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard ; New York : E.P. Dutton and Co., [187?]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Edinburgh : Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, Printers to the Queen, and to the University"--verso of t.p.
Some engraved illustrations and plates, including frontispiece are signed R.C. (Randolph Caldecott), Swain, or J. Knight.
Kay Spen is pseudonym of Patty Caroline Sellon, author of 'Our white violet' not to be confused with artist Henry Courtney Selous, who also used pseudonym Kay Spen.
"A catalogue of new & popular works and of books for children, suitable for presents and school prizes, published by Griffith and Farran..."--last 32 pages.
"From Frank Cousins' Bee-Hive, 172 Essex St., Salem, Mass."--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
Some engraved illustrations and plates, including frontispiece are signed R.C. (Randolph Caldecott), Swain, or J. Knight.
Kay Spen is pseudonym of Patty Caroline Sellon, author of 'Our white violet' not to be confused with artist Henry Courtney Selous, who also used pseudonym Kay Spen.
"A catalogue of new & popular works and of books for children, suitable for presents and school prizes, published by Griffith and Farran..."--last 32 pages.
"From Frank Cousins' Bee-Hive, 172 Essex St., Salem, Mass."--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
Description
[2], 127, [1], 32 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 18 x 13 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's pictorial green diagonal rib-grain cloth, blocked in gold, black, and blind.
Classification
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