Cyril Connolly as a book collector / Anthony Hobson.
Hobson, Anthony, 1921-2014
Category
Books
Date
1983
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 3235057
Summary
Bibliographic description
24 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 26 cm. Unnumbered. "One of fifty additional copies printed for the use of the author." Titlepage signed by the author. Provenance: inscribed on half-title: "To the historian of the British cavalry this unsuitable offering from his friend the author 15.X.2001" [i.e. to(George Charles) Henry (Victor) Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey (1922-2013) from Anthony Hobson]. Loose insert (p.15): leaf with ink autograph letter signed from Anthony [Hobson] to [Henry [Lord Anglesey], sending the work, note on Connolly at Plas Newydd, and recalling shared "Volga journey"; headed: Glebe House, Whitsbury, ...; dated: 15.X.2001. Binding: publisher's plain paper covers; with patterned dust jacket, printed upper cover label.
Makers and roles
Hobson, Anthony, 1921-2014