The whispering winds and the tales that they told / - by Mary H. Debenham; with twenty-five illustrations by Paul Hardy.
Date
1895.
Collection
Creator(s)
Mary H Debenham, Paul Hardy, Talwin Morris, David Rodger, Blackie & Son
Code
111049
Catalogue link
Grey-blue cloth boards.
Design (on front cover and spine only): four swirling gilt circles containing girls' heads with Indian red wings representing the four winds; clouds of gilt dots; title and author in hand-drawn serifed italic capitals. Spine with four circles containing Saturn, the sun, the moon, and stars in gilt with white clouds, gilt lettering. A vignette on the title-page is signed TM. Signed: TM (LO/C32). From the collection of David Rodger LO/C32. Inscription on fly leaf: "Marjory with much love f[ro]m Mabel Xmas 1894" LO/C32. 198 pages, 32 pages, (4) plates : illustrations, frontispiece ; 20cm
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