The silver tassie : a tragi-comedy in four acts by Sean O'Casey with a portrait of the author by Evan Walters.
Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)
Category
Books
Date
1928
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3063640
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 139, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates: port., music ; 8vo. (19cm). Provenance: Inscribed: "To Lady Edith Londonderry. With Warm Regards & Sincere Wishes from Sean O'Casey London 14/6/26[sic]". 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: TwentiethTwentieth-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. With ticket of W. Erskine Mayne, 3 Donegall Sq. W. Belfast.
Makers and roles
Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)