All in a lifetime / by R.D. Blumenfeld.
Ralph David Blumenfeld (1864-1948)
Category
Books
Date
1931
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3246662
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, 276 p. : facsims. ; 8vo. Ephemera: loosely inserted letter, 12 January 1948, from Ralph Blumenfeld to "Fairhaven" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)], thanking him for his Christmas card and wishing him a happy New Year. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on third front free endpaper: "To my friend Lord Fairhaven from R.D. Blumenfeld 1932" [i.e.: from the author, Ralph David Blumenfeld (1864-1948) to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamped coat of arms of Lord Fairhaven on upper board. Binding: Twentieth-century full brown morocco; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt stamped coat of arms of Lord Fairhaven on upper board; five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'All in a lifetime', 'R.D. Blumenfeld' and '1931'; double gilt fillet on board edges; two sets of double gilt fillets on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'
Makers and roles
Ralph David Blumenfeld (1864-1948), author