Queen Alexandra / by Sir George Arthur.
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946)
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3247392
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 13-288 p., [17] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., ports., fold. geneal. table ; 20 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century decorative bookplate with Broughton coat of arms above address: 'Park Close, Englefield Green.' [i.e. the home of Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929) and his wife, Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Gilt tooled initials 'C.F.' on upper board [i.e. Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]; gilt tooled 'R.Y.S. Sapphire' on lower board [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full vellum; gilt tooled panel design on boards with gilt tooled initials 'C.F' in heart on upper board [i.e. Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)] and gilt tooled 'R.Y.S. Sapphire' in heart on lower board [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]; recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Queen Alexandra by Sir George Arthur'; gilt top edge; white ribbon marker. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. London'.
Makers and roles
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946), author