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.
