I bought a mountain
Thomas Firbank (1910-2000)
Category
Books
Date
1940
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Conwy
NT 3257172
Summary
Bibliographic description
319, [1] p. 23cm. Provenance: front free endpaper inscribed: 'With very good wishes from Esmé Firbank. 7.9.45 Dyffryn Capel Curig. [i.e. Esmé Firbank, née Cummins, later Kirby (1910-1999), ex-wife of the author]. Manuscript book label on front pastedown: 'The Clwyd Gate near Ruthin N. Wales'. Donated, 2022. Binding: twentieth-century green cloth; as issued?
Provenance
Slip of paper pasted on inside cover with 20th century ownership inscription, ‘The Clwyd Gate near Ruthin, N. Wales’; inscription on title page, ‘with vey good wishes from Esmé Firbank 7.9.45 Dyffryn, Capel Curig’; acquired by Rhian Emma Aitken, Flinthshire in 2022 and donated by her to National Trust in same year.
Makers and roles
Thomas Firbank (1910-2000), author