The Netherlands : a study of some aspects of art, costume and social life / by Sacheverell Sitwell.
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897 - 1988)
Category
Books
Date
1948
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260084
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 168 p., plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cm.Uniformly bound and shelved with other works published by Batsford. Binder's[?] pencil note on half-title: "Fairhaven 4917". 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 Netherlands' and 'Sacheverell Sitwell; 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
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897 - 1988), author