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The Garden
by Sackville-West, V. [Bush, Barbara]
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1946. First Edition, First Impression. Cloth. Very good/very good. First impression of the 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.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12669
- Title
- The Garden
- Author
- Sackville-West, V. [Bush, Barbara]
- Illustrator
- First impression of the The Garden by Vita Sackville-West, with a gift inscription to future First Lady Barbara Bush from Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Sissinghurst Castle, Virginia Woolf Orlando, All The Best George Bush, Decision Points George Bush, C.Fred's Story, A World Transformed George Bush Brent Scowcroft, Speaking Of Freedom The Collected Speeches George Bush, Looking Forward George Bush,
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