Illustrated souvenir of the Palace of Arts : British Empire Exhibition 1925.
British Empire Exhibition Wembley, London, England)
Category
Books
Date
1925
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256241
Summary
Bibliographic description
176 p. : chiefly ill. ; 8vo. Pencil note on front free endpaper: "See Page 135. / F." [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil note on p. 135 below illustration of "The Roman race" by J. Lawson Peacey: "Now in Ship bathroom Anglesey Abbey / F 1940" [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt tooled initials on spine: 'U.H.R.B.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half blue morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'U.H.R.B. British Empire Exhibition. 1925.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'
Makers and roles
British Empire Exhibition Wembley, London, England), author