Vacant thrones : a volume of political portraits.
Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1868-1944)
Category
Books
Date
1931
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215726
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv, [1], 204 p., plates : ill. ; 22cm. Provenance: Inscribed on inner flyleaf: "To Circe with love and best Christmas wishes from Ian M" [i.e. presented to Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry, by the author]. 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 full polished sprinkled calf, gilt panel and lettering on upper cover; lettered direct in gilt on spine. Gilt doublure. Marbled endpapers and gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm (1868-1944)