Cowes Castle and the Royal Yacht Squadron. : (Together with some account of the commencement of yachting in England.) / By Sir William Portal, bart., ... Printed by request. A paper read before ... the Hampshire Archæological Society ... 1916.
Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet Portal (1850-1931)
Category
Books
Date
1916
Materials
Place of origin
Winchester
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3237853
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 27, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Ephemera: loosely inserted letter, July 1st, 1924, from "William W. Portal" to "Broughton" [i.e. from the author, Sir William Wyndham Portal (1850-1931) to Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)], sending a copy of the book and suggesting it be given a place on the 'Sapphire' [i.e. Lord Fairhaven's yacht]. Provenance: label pasted onto front pastedown: "D. D. Guliel: Portal / MD CCCC XVII / Amicitiæ pignus" [i.e. a gift from Sir William Portal, 1917]; manuscript inscription on label: "Urban H. Broughton / July 1924" [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half white canvas, green cloth over boards; gilt lettered title, etc. on upper board.
Makers and roles
Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet Portal (1850-1931), author