Wings of destiny.
Sir Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry, MP (1878-1949)
Category
Books
Date
1943
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215760
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 251, [1] p. ; 22cm. Inscribed on upper inner flyleaf: "This is a small but loving and grateful tribute to the constant and unfaltering co-operation without which this book would never have seen the light of day, 5 Feb. 1944." - Followed by quotes from Twelfth Night and Henry IV, pt II. [Likely presented by Charles Londonderry to his wife Edith]. Provenance: Gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century full mottled calf. Gilt armorial stamp on upper cover, gilt tooling on spine. Green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt edges and marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp on verso outer flyleaf: Bound by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England.
Makers and roles
Sir Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry, MP (1878-1949)