Highland songs of the Forty-five . Edited and translated with glossary and notes by John Lorne Campbell.
John Lorne Campbell (1906 - 1996)
Category
Books
Date
1933
Materials
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3138100
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxvi,327,[1]p. : music ; 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed: "John Lorne Campbell translated these poems in memory of the men who fought for Prince Charles Edward Stewart/ Eoin Caimbeul 14/11/33 ..." Followed by a line in Gaelic from the text which translated is: And if thou'st gone across the ocean Be not slow in thy returning. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's quarter red cloth on red cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. Red endpapers. Gilt-top.
Makers and roles
John Lorne Campbell (1906 - 1996)