Life of Lord Kitchener / by Sir George Arthur ; in three volumes …
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946)
Category
Books
Date
1920
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3080946.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1 : maps (1 fold.), port. ; 23 cm. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on third front free endpaper: "How a soldier lived / and died. / With every good / wish for a soldier's career / [L?] A". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half dark red morocco, red cloth over boards; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; gilt panelled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Life of Lord Kitchener' and ' Sir G. Arthur / Vol. I.'; gilt top edge; blue endpapers. Binder's ink stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Truslove & Hanson. Clifford Street. W.'.
Makers and roles
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946), author