Collected poems
James Stephens (1882-1950)
Category
Books
Date
1926
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3063642
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxii, 260 p. ; 22 cm. Signed by the author. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Binding: Twentieth-century full mottled calf, gilt fillet forming a border, black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Gilt edges. Bookbinder's stamp on upper turn-in: "Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St".
Makers and roles
James Stephens (1882-1950)