Fear, and be slain : adventures by land, sea and air / by The Rt. Hon. J.E.B. Seely, ...
John Edward Bernard 'Jack' Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone (1868 - 1947)
Category
Books
Date
1931
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3255643
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, [2], 13-305, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8vo. Ephemera: loosely inserted letter, 28 Dec. 1931, to "Huttleston" from "Jack Seely", returning the signed copy of the book [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from the author, John Edward Bernard Seely (1868-1947)]. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "With all good wishes / from the author / John Bernard Seely. / Mottistone Manor / Isle of Wight / Christmas 1931" [i.e. John Edward Bernard Seely (1868-1947)]. 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 red 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: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'
Makers and roles
John Edward Bernard 'Jack' Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone (1868 - 1947), author