Geology and history of the Ballycastle and Murlough Coalfields by Robert McCahan.
McCahan, Robert
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
Coleraine
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3065335
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 27, [1] p. ; 21cm. With a note in Edith Londonderry's hand "These shields are correct EL Please don't lose book". With a sheet of headed paper of Lady Margaret Vane Tempest Stewart, Londonderry House, with some handwritten notes on the reverse. Provenance: Loosely inserted (1) Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, all underneath a marquess' coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949); (2) 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, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis). Binding: Twentieth-century full marbled paper over boards, gilt armorial stamp and gilt lettering on upper cover. Gilt-top and marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
McCahan, Robert