Blackie's Modern cyclopedia of universal information : - a handy book of reference on all subjects and for all readers ; with numerous pictorial illustrations and a series of maps / - edited by Charles Annandale. - Vol. I., - A-BLA.
Date
1896.
Collection
Creator(s)
Charles Annandale, Talwin Morris, David Rodger, Blackie & Son
Code
111727
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Chocolate endpapers.
Indian red cloth boards. Design (on front cover and spine only): dark red vertical stems and leaves, ruled and beaded border top and bottom. Matching spine with title in red on gilt. Unsigned. Probably by Talwin Morris (LO/C32). From the collection of David Rodger LO/C32. (3) leaves, (2), 512 pages, (9) leaves of color plates (some folded) : illustrations, frontispiece ; 22cm
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