Cambridge : as it was and it is to-day / by John Steegmann ; illustrated from photographs, prints and drawings.
John Steegman (1899-1966)
Category
Books
Date
1940
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260291
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii, [1], 120 p., frontis. plate (col.), plates : ill., maps ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works published by Batsford. Binder's pencil note on original front free endpaper verso: "Cambridge / Beg"; binder's pencil note on original rear free endpaper: "Cambridge / End". Binder's pencil note on half-title: "Fairhaven / 3107" [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. 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: 'Cambridge' and 'John Steegmann'; 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
John Steegman (1899-1966), author