Name/Title
Country Stories / Mary Russell MitfordEntry/Object ID
2015.7.181Description
307 pages. Illustrations.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Mary Russell MitfordIllustrator
George MorrowPublisher
Macmillan & CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1896Place Printed
City
EdinburghCountry
Scotland, United KingdomBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Notes
All edges gilt. Dark green cloth with elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Front design shows man on ladder picking fruit from a tree while a woman stands below catching the fruit in her apron and a child kneels on the ground gathering the fallen fruit. This is within a plaque-like border with four hares at the bottom. Illustrations by George Morrow. Black stone endpapers. Cover design is in the style of the Hugh Thomson Cranford Series.
