Tales of the Punjab Told by the People / Flora Annie Steel

Name/Title

Tales of the Punjab Told by the People / Flora Annie Steel

Entry/Object ID

2017.11.33

Description

Bound for Beauty #89 xvi, 395 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard) and notes by R.C. Temple. "Many of the tales in this collection appeared either in the Indian Antiquary, the Calcutta Review, or the Legends of the Punjab." -- Pref.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Folklore

Dimensions

Height

19 cm

Book Details

Author

Flora Annie Steel

Illustrator

John Lockwood Kipling

Edition

First

Publisher

Macmillan & Company

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

1894

Printer

R. & R. Clark

Place Printed

City

Edinburgh

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Date Printed

12/1/1894

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Cranford Series

Binding Notes

Bound in dark green cloth with elaborate detailed gilt art nouveau front board featuring a peacock and a wild dog standing at the base of a fruiting tree within double ruled borders. All edges gilt. Dark green coated endpapers.

Notes

Owner's bookplate (Grace M. Pugh) to endpapers

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

R.C. Temple

Notes

Notes for the book

Related Places

Place

Country

India

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection