Character and tradition.
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215753
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 35, [1] p. ; 17cm. Provenance: 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 Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. 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 half polished mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Green and brown leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Original spine tipped in at the end.
Makers and roles
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)