From Wellington to Wavell / by Sir George Arthur ; illustrated.
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946)
Category
Books
Date
1941
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256082
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 194 p., [3] leaves of plates : ports. ; 8vo. Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Amicus amico: / Haud immemor gratiae. / 1943." Provenance: 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; marbled endpapers; red ribbon marker. Binder's gilt stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur (1860-1946), author