The Second Empire by Philip Guedalla.
Philip Guedalla (1889-1944)
Category
Books
Date
1932
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222468
Summary
Bibliographic description
[Revised edition]. xvi, 362 p., [1] leaf of plates : front. (port.) ; 23 cm. Provenance: Loosely inserted handwritten card "Happy Xmas from Maureen & Oliver" [i.e. Maureen Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1900-1942) eldest daughter of Charles and Edith 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry, m. in 1920 Oliver Stanley]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG". Signed "W. & A. Mussett fecit; Lincoln's Inn, London". [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full blue calf, single gilt rule forming a border, lettered direct in gilt on spine. Gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Philip Guedalla (1889-1944)