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Strawberry time and the banquet / by R. H. Mottram

R. H. Mottram

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/2109

Author

Imprint

London: Printed and made in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press, Ten Staple Inn, 1934

Physical Description

87 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note

“This book is the eighth the Golden Cockerel Series of first editions by famous modern Authors. The [four] wood-engravings are by Gertrude Hermes. Printed and published by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, London. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and E.J. Ward. Pressman: H. Barker.”

Copy Note

This edition is limited to 250 copies of which this is number 39.
The colophon is signed in black ink by the author, R. H. Mottram.
The front pastedown carries the printed ticket of the bookseller: N. H. Seward Pty. Ltd. 457 Bourke St., Melbourne, Aust. Scientific and Natural History Books.

Binding Note

Quarter bound in dark green calf gilt over red and green patterned cloth boards in gilt: "Stawberry Time by R.H. Mottram"

Subject

Illustrated books
20th-century fiction
Wood-engravings

Contributors

Gertrude Hermes RA, illustrator
The Golden Cockerel Press, publisher/bookseller