The old inns of England / by A.E. Richardson … ; with a foreword by Sir Edwin Lutyens, … ; illustrated from drawings by Brian Cook and from photographs.
Sir Albert Edward Richardson (London 1880 - Ampthill 1964)
Category
Books
Date
1948
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3255630
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fifth edition, revised. x, 118 p., frontis. plate (col.), plates : ill. ; 8vo. Ephemera: letter tipped in, 19 March 1949, to Lord Fairhaven, from A.E. Richardson, sending him a copy of the book [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from the author, Sir Albert Edward Richardson (1880-1964)]. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on half-title: "To Lord Fairhaven. / from. / A.E Richardson. / March. 19th. 1949. / With kindest thoughts" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from the author, Sir Albert Edward Richardson (1880-1964)]. 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 armorial centrepiece stamp of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full green morocco; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt-panelled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled) with title and author; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's gilt stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
Sir Albert Edward Richardson (London 1880 - Ampthill 1964), author Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (London 1869 - London 1944), author Sir Brian Caldwell Cook Batsford (Gerrards Cross 1910-1991), illustrator