Further letters from a man of no importance 1914-1929.
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946)
Category
Books
Date
1932
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3247353
Summary
Bibliographic description
266 p. ; 8vo. Provenance: Gilt-stamped on upper board: 'R.Y.S Sapphire' [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "With every good wish which / Xmas can suggest: / From A Man of No Importance / and his Wife. / 1932" [i.e. from the author, Sir George Arthur (1860-1946)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full vellum over boards; single gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt-stamped on upper board: 'R.Y.S Sapphire' [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]; recessed cords; spine lettered direct with title (gilt tooled); gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946), author