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The Picture Book of Hilda Frank

This small book mostly depicts British birds. According to the short notes at the front of the volume, she lives in Selborne, Hampshire, the home of Gilbert White. There is very little information available about her.


(Last updated on 28/5/2021)



SBE-FRA1: First edition

Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering

Year: 19?

ISBN: None

Size: 129 x 95 mm

Pages: 16 pp

Staples: one

Binding: white glossy printed card covers

Paper: white

Editor: (J.L. Carr)

Cover artist: Hilda Frank

Internal illustrations: 16 engravings

Number in series: 71

Colophon: none

Telephone number: none

Printing history: none stated

Number of other titles listed: none

Printed by: not stated

Content: Quotation from Gilbert White; wren; lapwing; goldfinch; magpie; thrush; robin; nuthatch; bulfinch; jay; kingfisher; coal tit; quail; dove; avocet; hoopoe; xenops

Notes: Eight other titles were given the serial number 71: Bacon, Bewick, Chaucer, Frank, Hassall, Johnson, Rosettis and the Little Book of Bookplates.

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Rear and front covers


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Inside rear cover