Abbeys / by M.R. James, … ; with an additional chapter on "Monastic life and buildings" by A. Hamilton Thompson, … ; with one hundred illustrations by photographic reproduction, fifty-six drawings, thirteen plans, seven colour plates and map.
Montague Rhodes James, OM (1862-1936)
Category
Books
Date
1926
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101001
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, 153, [1] p., [69] leaves of plates (12 folded) : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 27 cm. Pencil check marks against some entries in contents list. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's quarter black cloth, red paper over boards; gilt lettered title on upper board and spine; red top edge.
Makers and roles
Montague Rhodes James, OM (1862-1936), author Alexander Hamilton Thompson (1873-1952), author Great Western Railway Co., publisher