The National Trust : a record of fifty years' of achievement /. with an introduction by G. M. Trevelyan ... and contributions by Ivor Brown ... [et al.] ; edited by James Lees-Milne.
James Lees-Milne (1908 - 1997)
Category
Books
Date
1945
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260080
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 132 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works published by Batsford. Pencil note on rear free endpaper: "Nat Trust [2nd?]". Provenance: 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 stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half green morocco, green cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt panelled spine compartments, buff spine labels, gilt lettered: 'The National Trust' and 'Edited by James Lees-Milne'; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Original endpapers retained. Binder's stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
James Lees-Milne (1908 - 1997), editor George Macaulay Trevelyan, CBE, OM (1876-1962), author Ivor John Carnegie Brown (1891 - 1974), author