Let's be absurd : a book of unnatural history for children eight to eighty / written and illustrated by James Riddell.
James Riddell
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3069779
Summary
Bibliographic description
[3]-125, [1] p., plate : ill. ; 20 cm. Loose insert at rear: picture postcard of H.M.S. Andes; with manuscript on reverse, to 'Circe', apologies for being unable to attend Margaret's wedding; postmarked: 11 Aug 1952; addressed to "The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, Mount Stewart, ..."; unidentified sender. Provenance: inscribed on half-title: "E Londonderry" [i.e. Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry, née Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]; also inscribed on upper cover: E. Londonderry. Binding: publisher's grey cloth, lettered and illustrated in blue.
Makers and roles
James Riddell