Name/Title
Bracebridge Hall / Washington IrvingEntry/Object ID
2017.11.22Description
284 p., [8] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill.
Note: two-tone t.p.
Bracebridge Hall was written by Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and originally published in 1822 under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. The tales focus on the occupants of an English manor with a number of individual plots as a series of character sketches.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
National characteristics, Juvenile fiction, 1870sBook Details
Author
Washington IrvingIllustrator
Randolph CaldecottEdition
FirstPublisher
Macmillan & CompanyDate Published
1877Printer
R. & R. ClarkPlace Printed
City
EdinburghCountry
Scotland, United KingdomBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Cranford SeriesBinding Notes
Bound in dark green cloth with gilt decoration and titles to spine and front cover. Cover depicts young woman seated on a chair under a young sapling. Brown stone endpapers. Marvelous spine decoration. All edges gilt.
Bookbinders' ticket to rear - bound by Burns & Co.Notes
Owner's bookplate on ffep