A book of flowers /
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (1887-1964)
Category
Books
Date
1952
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3185758
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, 314 p. ; 22 cm. Loosely inserted, 5 items relating to review of the work: 1. review entitled 'Aromatic' by V. Sackville-West; attached to Durrant's Press Cuttings slip, dated: 19 Oct 1952; 2. publisher's printed review copy slip, with price: 18/-; and date: 5 Sep 1952; 3. signed typescript letter from Terence Kilmartin at the Observer to V. Sackville-West at Villa L'Ombrellinio, Bellosquardo, Florence, Italy; 6th Sept. 1952; confirming extra space given to gardening column and requesting review; 4. Macmillan's pre-publication notice of the work, with manuscript notes on reverse; 5. proof copy of the review from the Observer. Rear endpaper page references and corresponding text marking. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "V.S-W. / Sissinghurst" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Binding: mauve publisher's cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (1887-1964)