Berkshire : Alfred's own country / edited by Arthur Mee ; with 170 places and 120 pictures.
Arthur Mee (1875-1943)
Category
Books
Date
1939
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085557
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 265, [1] p., [48] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with other volumes in the series. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half red morocco, red cloth over boards; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; gilt panelled spine; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; dark green morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'Berkshire / Arthur Mee'; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The King's England'; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'.
Makers and roles
Arthur Mee (1875-1943), editor