Lambart Daphne (2 results)

First Edition. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 279 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'With love from Dilly | March XXXI.' Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Toned to edges, with some minor marks and spotting to preliminaries. Spine toned and rubbed, with some lighter wear and bumping to boards. Very good. Described in the Spectator as 'A study of three groups of frustrated people linked together by an elusive character. A remarkable novel written with great delicacy and perception, handled with freshness and skill and without morbidity.' The second society novel by the second daughter of Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, later the 11th Earl of Cavan. Signed.

First Edition. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 301 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'D. Lambart | October: XXIX.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Toned to edges, with some minor marks and spotting to preliminaries. Spine toned and rubbed, with some lighter wear and bumping to boards. Very good. "Some descriptions of character and atmosphere. have almost a touch of genius" (contemporary review in Country Life). A debut society novel by the second daughter of Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, later the 11th Earl of Cavan. Signed.