The years of my pilgrimage : random reminiscences.
Ross, John, Sir, 1854-1935
Category
Books
Date
1924
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215841
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 304, 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "To the Marchioness of Londonderry from John Ross, 15 Oct. 1924" [presented by the author toEdith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. 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 publisher's full maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Ross, John, Sir, 1854-1935