My First Naked Lady (Inscribed First Edition)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Full blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Light spine lean is the only fault. Inscribed by the author on the title page to a previous owner (apparently a family member) with a humorous personal inscription. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap (£7.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 208 pages. "My First Naked Lady" is Brian de Breffny’s comic and reflective memoir of Anglo-Irish childhood and eccentric family life. Brian de Breffny (1931-2010) was an Irish architectural historian, genealogist, and author of numerous works on Irish country houses and heritage, including "The Houses of Ireland" (1975) and "The Churches of Ireland" (1976).