Paying guests : a novel /
E. F. Benson (1867 - 1940)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3167617
Summary
Bibliographic description
286, [18] p. ; 20 cm. Two newpaper cuttings with review excerpts on 2nd free endpaper and p. 286. Envelope affixed to first free endpaper, addressed to: The Dowager Lady Sackville. Letter pasted to envelope obscuring opening; signed E. F Benson; note appended in pencil in Lady Sackville's hand. Provenance: Inscribed on first free endpaper: "My own copy March 1929 / White Lodge on the Cliff / Roedean" [i.e. Lady Victoria Sackville (1862-1936)]. With pencil note beneath: signed by EF Benson. Inscribed on recto of 2nd endpaper: "For Victoria Sackville / With all affectionate greetings[?] / from E. F Benson. / March 18. 29." Binding: brown publisher's cloth, lettered in black.
Makers and roles
E. F. Benson (1867 - 1940)