The history of Ulster : from the earliest times to the present day / by Ramsay Colles ...
Ramsay Colles (1862-1919)
Category
Books
Date
1919
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222085.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 2 of 4 v : fronts., plates, ports., maps (part fold), plans. ; 8vo (23 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 publisher's smooth blue cloth, gold lettered spine, gold device with Red Hand of Ulster (Lámh Dhearg Uladh) motif to upper cover.
Makers and roles
Ramsay Colles (1862-1919)