The vigil of Venus /
Lewis Evelyn Gielgud, MBE (1894-1953)
Category
Books
Date
1952
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3188406
Summary
Bibliographic description
49, [1]p. :. ill. ;. 28cm. No. 34 of a limited edition of 250 copies, signed by Lewis Gielgud. Provenance: with a letter laid in to Maud Messel from Katie Gielgud "Dearest Maud - I hope you & Lennie may be interested to read this and feel it [meriting?] a place in your library. It has been long in the making as Mr. Buday was fastidious about his paper - not without reason as I hope you will think ...". Binding: publisher's quarter cloth; decorated paper over boards; printed paper label on cover. Waxed paper dustjacket.
Makers and roles
Lewis Evelyn Gielgud, MBE (1894-1953) Gyorgy Buday (1907-1990)