A history of everyday things in England 1066-1799 written and illustrated by Marjorie and C. H. B. Quennell.
Marjorie Quennell (1884-1972)
Category
Books
Date
1918 - 1919
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3223035
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v in one, plates (part col.) : ill. ; 23cm. 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, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's illustrated tan cloth, brown lettering on upper cover and spine.
Makers and roles
Marjorie Quennell (1884-1972) Charles Henry Bourne Quennell (1872-1935)