Rosamond Lehmann The Ballad and the Source signed 1944 1st Laurie Lee

Rosamond Lehmann - The Ballad and the Source - 1944. Inscribed by Lehmann to the front endpaper: "For darling Laurie from Rosamond September 1944". The recipient was fellow author and close friend, Laurie Lee.

The book is reasonably firmly bound in grubby, bumped and marked yellow cloth lettered in black to the spine, which is sunned. The text block is age toned, slightly foxed and marked with minor cracking at points and a more serious split at the title page through which the webbing can be seen.

A pleasing association copy, representing one of Lehmann's happier and more enduring literary friendships, with the inscription dating from the earliest period of their relationship. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable". The seller is "frost555uk" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Canada, Australia.

Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 1900-1949
Publication Year: 1944
Language: English
Fiction Subject: Classic Literature
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Inscribed
Printing Year: 1944
Year Printed: 1944