Shelfmark
Id3.5.25
Author
Title
Fairy tales / by Hans Christian Andersen ; illustrated by twelve large designs in colour after the original drawaings by E. V. B. ; newly translated by H. L. D. Ward and Augusta Plesner.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872.
Physical description
vi, [2], 94, [2] p. [12] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
With final advertisement leaf.
Note
Publisher's green sand grain cloth with lettering and decoration stamped in gold and black on spine and front board ; bound by Burn & Co. (binder's ticket).
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "Charles Graham Moulton Barrett, from his affectionately ever Robert Browning, Christmas, 1871."
Copy-specific note
Ms. letter (dated 1872-01-04) to Charles Mouton Barrett from Robert Browning with ms. top line of address in Robert Browning's hand pasted onto front pastedown.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 inscriber.
Added entry--name
Moulton-Barrett, Charles Graham former owner.
Added entry--name
Boyle, Eleanor Vere, 1825 - 1916 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Plesner, Augusta tr.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Marston & Company publisher.
Added entry--name
James Burn & Company binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B30545