The book of the dog / edited by Brian Vesey-FitzGerald.
Brian Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald (b.1900)
Category
Books
Date
1948
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221769
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20], 1039 p., plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Pencil marking in contents list of Breeds. Provenance: inscribed: "Darling Mumkari with very many happy returns of the day and all love from Mairi / 3rd Dec. 1948. One good bitch deserves another?" [i.e. Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry, née Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959) from her daughter Mairi Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1921-2009) m. in 1940 Derek Keppel, Viscount Bury]; colour illustration plate of whippet pasted beneath. Binding: green publisher's cloth, gold lettered and decorated.
Makers and roles
Brian Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald (b.1900)