Stephen Gwynn [essays]
Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1864-1950)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222403
Summary
Bibliographic description
61, [3] p. ; 18cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf "To the Lady Circe wishing her everything except forgetfulness S.S. Xmas 1929". 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, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's patterned brown paper over boards, black lettering on upper cover and spine.
Makers and roles
Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1864-1950)