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SACKVILLE-WEST, V[ita]. Country notes.

London. Michael Joseph, 1939. First edition.
Quarto. 219pp, [1]. With numerous black and white photographs in the text by Bryan and Norman Westwood. Original publisher's buff cloth, lettered in brown to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, a trifle cocked. Royal Institute of British Architects, Ashpitel Prize plate, awarded to architect and Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett (1913-2004), and inked gift inscription 'Tony darling / from / Lionel / 7:3:40' to FEP, bookplate of Christian Brett to recto of FFP.
The first edition of Vita Sackville-West's (1892-1962) observations on life in the English countryside throughout the year.
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref: 28313