John Ray, naturalist : his life and works /
Charles Earle Raven (1885-1964)
Category
Books
Date
1950
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3155089
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix, 506 p., plate : port. ; 24cm. Loosely inserted: manuscript note on printed headed paper: Madingley Hall, Cambridge / Warden Rev C.E. Raven; dated: 9 April [1950?]; addressed: Dear Mrs. Nicolson; signed: very sincerely Charles E. Raven. He thanks V.S.-W. for her "review of Hagberg's Linnaeus" and intellectual stance taken. Loosely inserted (p.307): Jonathan Cape advertisement postcard for periodical Now & then. Single pencil text marking and final endpaper reference. Provenance: endpaper ink inscription: To V. Sackville-West gratefully from Charles E. Raven. Pastedown ink inscription: "V.S.W / Sissinghurst 1950" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Binding: green publisher's cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Charles Earle Raven (1885-1964)