Epochs of the British army / By Lieut.-Col. H. S. Spalding ; illustrated by R. Simkin.
Spalding, H. S
Category
Books
Date
1891
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3225993
Summary
Bibliographic description
52p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26cm. Small printed number label on pastedown: 53. $zLoose insert bundle (p.47): autograph letter signed 'H.C. [perhaps Hilda Ethelfreda Mosley, née Harpur Crewe(1877-1949); changed name to Fynderne, 1921; m. Col. Godfrey Mosley, 1923]; addressed to "Members" of the "Ivy Leaf" with regard to new members and garments collected for a "show"; dated: Oct 1892. Accompanied by 4 leaves of juvenile drawing (probably done by Richard Crewe); and 5 further blank leaves (3 fold., 1 lined, 2 black bordered). Provenance: small nineteenth-century ruled book label: R.F.H. Crewe [i.e. Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921)]. Binding: publisher's illustrated paper on boards, with red cloth spine.
Makers and roles
Spalding, H. S Richard Simkin (1850-1926)