The naval annual.
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836-1918)
Category
Books
Date
1886 - 1914
Materials
Place of origin
Portsmouth
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3220104.12
Summary
Bibliographic description
vol. for 1907 :. ill., plates ; 25 cm. Holdings: vols for 1886, 1897-1904. Several vols. contain handwritten notes on loosely inserted paper in the hand of Richard Harpur Crewe. Vol. for 1898 contains a loosely inserted photograph; vols for 1898 and 1904 contain loosely inserted newspaper cuttings. Vols. for 1902 and 1904 have a Mudie's select library label on upper cover. Provenance: Nearly all vols. inscribed by Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley. Binding: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century publisher's navy cloth.
Makers and roles
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836-1918) Thomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey (1863-1919) John Leyland (1857?-1924)