To Knole. Oct. 1st, 1913.
Vita Sackville-West (1892 - 1962)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1917
Materials
Place of origin
Sevenoaks, Knole
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3193546
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 v. ; 29 cm. Holograph manuscript. A selection of poems by Vita Sackville-West transcribed in fair copy, apparently for the poet's mother, Lady Sackville. The first twenty-one leaves only have been used. Provenance: inscribed on first page: "Victoria from Lionel. Knole, Christmas 1917" [i.e. Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville (1862-1936) from Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville (1867-1928)]; gold cover stamp: V S. Binding: twentieth-century blue morocco; gold tooled borders, spine, and turn-ins; gold stamped monogram on upper cover: V S in linked rings, with baron's coronet; five false bands; all edges gold. Linen doublure and facing endpapers. Ink stamped device on rear doublure.
Makers and roles
Vita Sackville-West (1892 - 1962)