The Eagle and the Dove - A Study in Contrasts - St. Teresa of Avila - St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
by SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, London., 1943. First edition. Octavo. 182 pages. Five black and white photographs.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper: ''Eardley from Vita - Nov. 1943. Sissinghurst''. The recipient is Eardley Knollys, an artist with strong links to the Bloomsbury Group and also a critic, dealer and collector of art. He was a close friend of Vita Sackville-West's cousin Edward and went on to inherit the latter's impressive art collection.Faint spotting to endpapers. Near fine in very good, slightly spotted dustwrapper rubbed and nicked along top edge.
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- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Eagle and the Dove - A Study in Contrasts - St. Teresa of Avila - St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
- Author
- SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph, London.
- Date Published
- 1943
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