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[Bookplate for David Cleghorn Thomson]

Bookplate design features a running stag and hound.

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Possibly belonging to a David Cleghorn Thomson of the early 20th century, who was a Scottish political playwright. He is the author of many publications, including "Scotland in quest of her youth: a scrutiny" (1932) and "Radio is changing us: a survey of radio development and its problems in our changing world" (1937). He also served as editor of "Oxford Poetry," a literary magazine based in Oxford, England, in 1923.
References:
1) Oxford Poetry: Index of Contributors. Website. Accessed 9 April 2009 from http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/oxpoetry/index/it.html.
2) "David Cleghorn Thomson." Search. Worldcat.org Burke, Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Pirie-Gordon, ed. 15th Ed. London: Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd. and Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., 1937.
3) Fincham, H.W. The Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897. Heraldric Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. Accessed 18 Nov. 2008 from http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/

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