Daisy Princess of Pless / by herself ; edited with an introduction by Major Desmond Chapman-Huston.
Mary Theresa Olivia 'Daisy' Cornwallis-West, Princess von Pless (1873-1943)
Category
Books
Date
1928
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3135001
Summary
Bibliographic description
529, [1] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Reprint, December 1928. With two final pages of publisher's advertisements. Shelved and uniform with Daisy, Princess of Pless' "From my private diary" (London, 1931). Pencil date on rear pastedown: "12/28". Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "U.H.R.B. / Anglesey Abbey. / December 1928" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. 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 full publisher's blue cloth; gilt stamped monogram of Daisy, Princess of Pless on upper board; gilt lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Mary Theresa Olivia 'Daisy' Cornwallis-West, Princess von Pless (1873-1943), author Desmond Chapman-Huston (1884-1952), editor