Desert islands and Robinson Crusoe by Walter De La Mare ; with decorations by Rex Whistler.
Walter John De la Mare (1873-1956)
Category
Books
Date
1930
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3087776
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 285, [3] p. : 21 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on half-title "December 15th To Charley 'who is my darling' with love from Hazel" [i.e. presented to Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949), prob. by Lady Hazel Lavery nee Martin (1880-1935)]. Twentieth-century small monogram bookplate of double "L" beneath a marquess's coronet [used by Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full green cloth, gilt centre-piece on upper cover, gilt tooled and lettered on spine. Illustrated green endpapers. Gilt-top. Leaves mostly unopened.
Makers and roles
Walter John De la Mare (1873-1956), author Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944) , illustrator