The adventures of a bishop : A phase of Irish life: a personal and historical narrative by Charles Frederick D'Arcy.
Charles Frederick D'Arcy (1859-1938) Archbishop of Armagh
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222438
Summary
Bibliographic description
319, [1] p ; 23 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf "The Marchioness of Londonderry with respectful admiration & most sincere good wishes from Charles F. Armagh, Jan. 1935" [presented to Edith 7th Marchioness of Londonderry by the author]. 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]. Protective guard sheet loosely inserted. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Charles Frederick D'Arcy (1859-1938) Archbishop of Armagh