Racing England / by Patrick R. Chalmers ; illustrated from photographs, prints and paintings.
Patrick Reginald Chalmers (1872-1942)
Category
Books
Date
1939
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3096656
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 146, [2] p., plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works published by Batsford. 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 green morocco, green cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt panelled spine compartments, buff spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Racing England' and 'Patrick R. Chalmers'; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
Patrick Reginald Chalmers (1872-1942), author