Sackville-West | V. [Bush | Barbara]

The Garden

First Edition | First Impression

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First impression of The Garden by Vita Sackville-West, with a gift inscription to future First Lady Barbara Bush from Nancy Bush Ellis, sister of President George H.W. Bush.

Octavo, [135pp]. Orange cloth, title stamped in silver on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Even toning throughout, light wear to cloth, a very good example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, price-clipped, light sunning to spine, short closed tear to front panel, shelf wear, a very good example. Dust jacket illustrations by Broom Lynne. (Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.44a) Inscribed on the half-title: “To Bar – Christmas of ’48. From Sandy + Nan. With love.” Provenance: From the Bush Family Estate in Kennebunkport, ME.

In 1946, this work received the Royal Society of Literature’s Heinemann Award.

Additional information

Location Published

London

Publisher

Michael Joseph Limited

Edition

First Edition, First Impression

Date Published

1946

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Very Good

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Author

Sackville-West | V. [Bush | Barbara]

Parenthetical

[Bush | Barbara]

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