Poems of dedication /
Sir Stephen Harold Spender (1909-1995)
Category
Books
Date
1947
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3150545
Summary
Bibliographic description
58 p. ; 23 cm. Loosely inserted: sheet of headed paper, "15 Loudoun Road / St John's Wood, London N.W.8", inscribed : "To Vita and Harold from Stephen." Provenance: inscribed : "V.S-W. / Sissinghurst" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. First free endpaper inscribed in green ink : "To Vita and Harold / with thanks for so many / kindnesses and so much / encouragement through all my / years of incompetence, / and with love and / best wishes for 1947. / Stephen Spender." Publisher's review copy slip also inserted, printed in red, with black typescript : dated: 6th December 1946; priced: 6/-; additional pencil notes and page references on reverse. Binding: publisher's grey cloth, silver lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Sir Stephen Harold Spender (1909-1995)