Side by Stephen Hudson: Signed (4 results)

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1937 first edition, first impression. Inscribed by Author. Size 12mo, 288 pages. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles on black panel to the front cover and spine. Condition good, corners and spine ends rubbed, spine sunned, a few light spots to edges of page block, a couple of spots to end-papers, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean. Inscribed by Stephen Hudson to renowned gynaecologist Cedric Lane-Roberts on the front end-paper; "My dear friends Cedric and Nel Lane Roberts. I wish this book had come out in time to accompany you on your holiday. That rare interval in your busy lives when you might be able to open an hour or two for it. It is too late for that but not to bring you a message of welcome on your return and to be a token of a friendship which is dear to us. Yours always very gratefully and sincerely Stephen Hudson 19 II / 37." From the collection of Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), film-maker, director and collector of many things including books. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 288 pp. Original green cloth binding. Wonderfully inscribed by Hudson on the front free endpaper to a dear friend: "For darling Little Joan, this is a message of deep affection and of my joy in this happiness. S. 5 II/37" Spine slightly dulled, small tear crown of spine, very good. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: The Cresset Press. 1937. 8vo. 288pp. First edition. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black and gilt to the spine and upper board. In the striking dust jacket designed by S. A. Watkins which is somewhat reminiscent of the work of Edward McKnight Kauffer. Inscribed by the author to the second blank, "Dear David, I want you to have this book of mine as a reminder of my affection for you" and dated in the month of publication, 18 February 1937. A very good, clean copy, the cloth bright and unmarked, the binding tight and very gently rolled. The contents clean and bright, with some toning to p.153 due to a loosely inserted St. Moritz dinner menu which is retained. The dust jacket unclipped (7s 6d net), chipped at both the spine foot and around the crown leading in to front panel. Some rubbing and mild nicks to other corners and edges, but a handsome copy overall. Stephen Hudson was a pseudonym of Sydney Schiff, who was born into a wealthy Jewish family in London. Early in his life, Schiff discovered the joy of the arts, eagerly using his wealth to support numerous authors, many of whom closely or vaguely relating to early Modernism. Indeed, though his own literary career was generally well-received in his lifetime, his legacy remains as a patron of the arts; he supported Wyndham Lewis' The Tyro (1921) and Osbert Sitwell's Arts & Letters (1919)meanwhile befriending many a famous face; T. S. Eliot, John Middleton Murry, Katherine Mansfield, Charles Scott Moncrieff, and James Joyce, whom he introduced to Marcel Proust in the famously awkward meeting of 1922. Proust and Schiff hit it off, with Schiff translating Proust's final volume in Remembrance of Things Past and trying, and ultimately failing, to convince Picasso to paint Proust. Most of Schiff's novels are roman-à-clefs and this final novel does not deviate, following his alter ego, Richard Kurt, in his earlier life, working for his uncle in America. Scarce in the jacket and equally so inscribed. Signed by Author(s).…

First edition. Inscribed by the author on half-title to Edward North (architect of Guildford Cathedral), "Dear Edward, Though I see you seldom, you remain for me one of those rare beings whose existence and creative activities have permanently enriched me. In common with a few other great artists it has been my immense privilege to know, even on occasion to rub shoulders with, you are in a particular sense always with me, however rarely we meet. Please accept this little book in token of the honour in which I hold you and of my lasting affection. S. 28/II/37". Spine cocked, some spotting, else a very good copy. Signed by Author(s).…