Retrospect by the Marchioness of Londonderry.
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)
Category
Books
Date
1938
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222286
Summary
Bibliographic description
259, [1] p., plates : ill., ports. ; 22 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 full polished mottled calf, gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis), gilt tooled on spine. Maroon leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Binder's stamp on turn-in "Bound by Riviere & Son".
Makers and roles
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)