The life of William Ewart Gladstone
John Morley (1838-1923)
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
bookcloth, paper
Measurements
233 x 156 mm; 60 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3066524.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1.,plates . ill..,ports.. . 8vo.. Provenance: MS. inscription on free endpaper in the hand of Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958): 'The first birthday present to my dearest Molly, given in the hope that we small people may aspire in some degree to the high nobility of this example, where the perfection of public devotion and developed intellect was made possible only by a background of home happiness such as can only e attained by the vigilant love of two lifelong companions. October 12 1903.' Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate, lettered: Mary Katharine Bell, [i.e. Mary Katharine Trevelyan ne Bell, 1881-1966]. Signed AMP 1902.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
John Morley (1838-1923)