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Old Christmas / Washington Irving

2017.11.23

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Christmas1870s

Washington Irving

Randolph Caldecott

The Cranford Series

London

England

1876

Publisher's Binding- Cranford Series

Bound in dark green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and titles to spine and front board. Central gilt vignette portrays Christmas festivities and couples dancing while a fiddler plays. Brown stone endpapers. All edges gilt. Bookbinders' ticket to rear: bound by Burns & Co.

Flyleaf inscription: Florence Mary Etheridge, from John Millard, For progress in Grammar and Composition. 9 Stanley Gardens. xx. Xmas.

England

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