Day-dreams and other poems.
Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Bury (1921 - 2009)
Category
Books
Date
1939
Materials
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215716
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, 44 p. ; 19cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "To darling mumli with very best love from Mairi 1940 3rd December" [i.e. presented to Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry, by her daughter Mairi Vane-Tempest-Stuart (1921-2009) m. in 1940 Derek Keppel, Viscount Bury]. Binding: Twentieth-century half mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Black and green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis). Gilt edges. Bookbinder's ticket on lower pastedown: "W. Erskine Mayne, 3, Donegall Sq. W. Belfast".
Makers and roles
Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Bury (1921 - 2009)