1949 Country Notes in Wartime
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Description
Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
A collection of Vita Sackville-West's columns from the onset of the Second World War, observing country life during a dark chapter of British history.
Written by Vita-Sackville West (1892-1962), an English writer and designer of gardens. She penned numerous novels, poems, letters and diaries, as well as regular columns and non-fiction works regarding gardening. A lover of Virginia Woolf, she was the inspiration for the protagonist of 'Orlando: A Biography'.
A first edition of this work.
Complete with the uncommon and unclipped dust wrapper.
A smart copy of this bittersweet work.
Condition
In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a little minor wear. Dust wrapper is a little torn to the tail of the spine, with some general edgewear. Pencil inscriptions to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned.
Very Good Indeed
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