Hardback, 8vo, xxi,373pp, illust. Inscribed by author on endpaper: "To Lady Sackville - with the compli-ments of the author A. Edw. Newton / Nov 10. 1920. All rules are suspended in London see page XII.", author initials A.E.N. on page xii beside text, (One final word: I buy, I collect "Presentation Books"; and I trust my friends will not think me churlish when I say that it is not my intention to turn a single copy of this, my book, into a presentation volume), entry from Mr. John Lane's Autumn List and bookplate "One of the Books of Victoria Sackville, Knole, Sevenoaks" on pastedown, partly unopened, occasional light foxing. Original quarter cloth, corners slightly bumped. A good copy . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

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Title: THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING and Kindred Affections. (Inscribed to Victoria Sackville)
Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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