Author: Mabell Ogilvy Countess of Airlie
Title: Patrick and Mabell Ogilvy
Description: Not Stated, Not Stated, 1920. Cloth. A very scarce privately printed work, a touching tribute to two children of the Countess of Airlie, who died at the ages of 26 and 21. Presentation copy from the author. A very scarce work, privately printed.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the verso of the front blank, 'To Colonel Francis Law, in token of a shared remembrance of two very wonderful people, from Mabel Airlie, 22nd October 1951, Airlie Castle&apos.Presented by the author to Colonel Francis Law, the son of Hugh Alexander Law and Lota Law. Their home was Marble Hill House in Donegal, where they played hosts to George William Russell on a number of occasions; when he stayed at Marble Hill House he stayed in the children's house in the grounds, which was known as the 'Fairy House', apparently where he found his strongest psychic insights, spending his time there hunting for fairies in their woods. They also hosted W. B. Yeats, Jack Yeats, P.H. Pearse, William Orpen, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.A touching tribute to Patrick and Mabell Ogilvy, written by their mother, Mabell Ogilvy the Countess of Airlie.Patrick Ogilvy was killed in action in 1917. His elder sister, Mabell, died of an illness in 1918.The Countess of Airlie was a notable courtier, being the Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary.Illustrated with four plates. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Boards are a little bowed. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Author's inscription to the verso of the front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots to the first and last few pages. Faint tide mark to the fore edge and head of the textblock. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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