Lyra celtica . an anthology of representative Celtic poetry edited by E. A. Sharp and J. Matthay with introduction and notes by William Sharp ...
Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Mrs William Sharp (1856-1932)
Category
Books
Date
1924
Materials
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3068957
Summary
Bibliographic description
li, [1], 450 p. ; 19 cm.. 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 Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. 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 polished mottled calf. Green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt board and text-block edges. Bookseller's ticket: Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W. Original boards bound in at the end.
Makers and roles
Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Mrs William Sharp (1856-1932) Jessie Matthay William Sharp (1855-1905)