By Harry Kottingham Newton
Oxford   The University Press
10" by 6.5" 323pp.
A uncommon limited first edition of this collection of letters by Sir Harry Kottingham Newton.
By Harry Kottingham Newton

1934 Your Books, My Son

Oxford   The University Press
10" by 6.5" 323pp.
A uncommon limited first edition of this collection of letters by Sir Harry Kottingham Newton.
£160.00
: 1.5kgs / : GEN40-G-20

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Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Signed, Uncommon

A Conservative politician and baronet, Newton hereby compiles a series of letters addressed to his son, introducing him to a "small collection of esteemed books made for him by his father". The work is part of a limited printing of 101 copies, signed by the author, and addressed to one Frank R. Chatham, a collector of books and member of the board of Harrods. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973), a noted book collector and diarist.

Condition

In cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally very smart. Some minor wear to spine-label only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout, with the odd spot to the occasional page.

Near Fine

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