Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded / Lewis Carroll

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded / Lewis Carroll

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.151

Description

Two volume set. "Sylvie and Bruno" Volume 1 400 pages. Frontis, illustrations. Published 1889. "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded" Volume 2 423 pages, plus 9 pages publisher's advertising at rear. Published 1893. This volume is a 1894 printing. First issue, with error in Table of Contents indicating Chapter VIII at page 110, while it starts at page 113. Bookseller's stamp to each book- Frederick Loeser & Co. Bookstore (New York) With 46 black and white illustrations in each volume by Harry Furness.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1890s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Parts

2015.7.151a "Sylvie and Bruno" 2015.7.151b "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded"

Book Details

Author

Lewis Carroll

Illustrator

Harry Furniss

Edition

First

Publisher

Macmillan & Company

Place Published

City

London, New York

Country

England, United States

State/Province

New York

Continent

North America

Date Published

1889

Printer

Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd.

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Companion set uniformly bound in blue cloth with black and gilt decoration. Morning glory motif in black and gilt band across top of front covers, repeated to top and bottom of spine, with enlarged morning glory vignette to spine. Blind stamping to rear.

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Notes

"Tom Brown at Oxford" (2015.7.167)