Carmelite and poet : a framed portrait of St. John of the Cross, with his poems in Spanish /
Robert Esmonde Gordon Sencourt (1890-1969)
Category
Books
Date
1943
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3154809
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 244 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Loosely inserted: (fly-leaf) typescript of Vita Sackville-West's review of 'Carmelite and poet: St. John of the Cross' on three leaves; (p.17) blank leaf; (p.40) publisher’s printed review copy slip, with price: 15/ ; and date: 29 Oct 1943; (p.100) autograph letter signed from Tray [Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980)] to Vita Sackville-West, on two leaves ([3]p.) headed paper of New Statesman & Nation, discussing book for review; dated: Nov. 10, 1943; (p.115) newspaper cutting: a separate review of the work by Francis Burdett, 'St. John of the Cross is misrepresented'. Minor pencil text marking. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "V.S-W. / Sissinghurst 1944" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Binding: brown publisher's cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Robert Esmonde Gordon Sencourt (1890-1969)