The plough and the stars . a tragedy in four acts by Sean O'Casey ...
Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)
Category
Books
Date
1926
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3063636
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 136, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8vo. (19cm). Provenance: Inscribed: "Dear Lady Londonderry - A common humanity binds us all together. We cannot break its bonds asunder, nor cast away its cards from us. Differ as we may in degree or in circumstance, we remain equally rich in the common human heritage of sorrow and of pain. Sincerely Yours, Sean O'Casey. Chelsea 1926". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century full polished mottled calf. Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Gilt board and text-block edges. Book binder's stamp: Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W.
Makers and roles
Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)