The Inward Light (with 4 page Author's Letter)

First edition. Octavo, pp viii, 252 + 4 pages publisher's adverts at rear. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards. Presentation copy with blind stamp to title page. Small ownership signature of Hugh de Sélincourt, dated 1908 to ffep. There are some margin notes across four pages in Sélincourt's hand. Laid in is a manuscript letter, four pages length, from Fielding Hall to de Sélincourt, wherein he attempts to explain his theories on Buddhism which he believes have been misinterpreted by the book's audience. Hugh de Sélincourt (1878-1951) was an English author and journalist, literary critic of The Observer, and author of the 1924 novel, "The Cricket Match", a classic account of Village Cricket. Harold Fielding Hall (1859-1917) was an Anglo-Burmese writer of military and religious books. The book is in VG condition.