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001 $ 14/3010
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20220228173115.2
035 # # $z 1928 (previous RA Access number)
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Fothergill, George Algernon
245 1 0 $a A gift to the state: the national stud: a memorial of it / $c compiled, edited, and decorated by George A. Fothergill ; with portraits by Lynwood Palmer & the editor
250 # # $a Edition de Luxe
260 # # $a Edinburgh $b Printed by T. & A. Constable $c MCMXVI $c [1916]
300 # # $a xv, [1], 235, [3] pages : $b illustrations $c 36 cm. $e
500 # # $a A compilation in the form of a pedigree book commemorating Colonel W. Hall Walker's gift to the British government of his stud in 1916, which became known as The National Stud. Illustrated with coloured plates after the paintings by James Lynwood Palmer, and watercolour drawings by George A. Fothergill and Edith H. Adie. There are 12 tipped in colour plates of horses, 5 other colour plates associated gardens & houses, 3 black & white horse paintings. Cover design, title page and borders by Fothergill.
500 # # $a The printer is named on page [237]: “Edinburgh: T & A. Constable. Printer to Her Majesty.”
561 # # $a The front free-endpaper carries a bookplate on which is printed: “With Col. W. Walker’s compliments. Gateacre Grange, Nr. Liverpool”
562 # # $a “Edition de Luxe, limited to 325 copies of which this is No. 208.” Signed by George A. Fothergill. [Colophon].
562 # # $a 625 copies printed: 325 form the "edition de luxe" and 300 the "ordinary edition".
563 # # $a Blue cloth binding with gilt design and title on upper cover. Deckle-edged paper. Lettered in gilt on spine: "The National Stud. George A. Fothergill. Edinburgh. MDMXVI."
653 # # $a Illustrated books
653 # # $a Horses
700 1 # $a Fothergill, George Algernon $e editor $e illustrator $e source artist
700 1 # $a Adie, Edith Helena $e illustrator
700 1 # $a Palmer, James Lynwood $e illustrator $e source artist
710 2 # $a T. and A Constable (Edinburgh) $e printer