HEYNEMAN, Julie Helen Arthur Putnam Sculptor. 1932 1st Edition SIGNED

1932 1st Edition Inscribed and Signed by Author. SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Johnck & Seeger.

1st Edition Limited Edition 1 of 500. Brown leather spine with brown paper covered boards. Red titles to front along with a gilt decoration.

Author inscription to ffep dated 1937. Pages: 190 Size: 8vo 24.5cm by 16cm. Inscribed and Signed by Author. "To my friends Arthur and Kamaris Hobhouse from Julie Helen Heyneman". 1932, Limited Edition 1 of 500.

Sir Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse (1886 - 1965) was a long-serving English local government Liberal politician, who is best remembered as the architect of the system of national parks of England and Wales. Son of prominent Liberal politician and MP Henry Hobhouse and the brother of peace activist, prison reformer, and religious writer Stephen Henry Hobhouse. Educated at Eton College, St Andrews University and Trinity College, Cambridge. Lover of John Maynard Keynes and Duncan Grant.

Hobhouse practised as a solicitor until the outbreak of World War I, when he joined the British Expeditionary Force. Returning to civilian life, Hobhouse took to farming on a family estate Hadspen house and garden in Somerset. If you have a particular requirements please contact me before purchasing. Light wear to corners and edges. Minor wear to spine leather.

Tightly bound with lightly toned intact endpapers and strong hinges. Minor spotting to endpapers with patchy faint larger background spots to remainder of prelims.

Lightly toned pages with occasional spots and marks to page margins.

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