Laudi del cielo, del mare, della terra e degli eroi ...
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938)
Category
Books
Date
1912 - 1920
Materials
Place of origin
Milan
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3193292
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. : ill. ; 21 cm. In mixed set: Bk 1-3. Sesto migliaio; bk. 4: 21o. migliaio. Bk 4 unopened. Loosely inserted in Book 1: copy of typescript telegram of D'Annunzio: "My very dear little brother, ... " printed at head: Major E. O. Leadlay, Press Representative, offices in Clements Inn, Strand, W.C.2.; (in bk.1, p.217): autograph letter signed to Harold [Nicolson], signed "Archie" [Archibald Clark-Kerr?]; thanks him for "Christmas tip"; dated: January2/15. Pencil text marking and annotation, bks. 2 & 3. Provenance: bks. 1 & 3 endpapers inscribed: "H.N. V.N. D.N. [just "D." in bk 3] Natale 1914" [i.e. Harold Nicolson (1886-1968) & Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) & perhaps their son Benedict Nicolson (1914–1978), Dito?]. Binding: publisher's paper covers. (Covers torn and loose, selloptape repairs.)
Makers and roles
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938)