The winged destiny : studies in the spiritual history of the Gael by "Fiona Macleod" (William Sharp).
William Sharp (1855-1905)
Category
Books
Date
1920
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221771
Summary
Bibliographic description
Uniform edition arranged by Mrs. William Sharp. Third impression 1920.. xiii, [1], 393, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates: ill. ;. 20 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century half mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Binder's stamp on verso flyleaf "Bagguley, Newcastle-under-Lyme".
Makers and roles
William Sharp (1855-1905) Sharp, Elizabeth A