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The Book of the bear: PB 3-1990

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Titles

The Book of the bear

Maker(s)

Translator: Harrison, Jane
Translator: Mirrless, Hope
Illustrator: Garnett, Ray
Publisher: Nonesuch Press
Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd.

Categories

Description

Being twenty-one tales newly translated from the Russian by Jane Harrison and Hope Mirrlees ; the pictures by Ray Garnett : with a preface and epilogue.

Xiii,[1],107,[1]p : col. ill ; 16cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1990) by Holder, Leonard A.

Dating

Production date: AD 1926

Note

Binding: quarter grey buckram with silver and red Chinese tinsel paper covered boards; gilt lettering on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 3-1990
Primary reference Number: 98769

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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