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GARNETT**, DAVID - Edited,with a Preface,by: : THE WHITE/GARNETT LETTERS

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE LTD.,1968.

ISBN 0224613235.

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE. No owner inscrptn.Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,bright,clean,plain white endpapers with no cracking or splits to hinges; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges coloured salmon-pink,fore-edges minimally aged/toned and with almost imperceptible foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-318pp [paginated] includes author's preface,letters/ correspondence between the book's subjects covering period January,1936 to December,1962 - several letters with b/w doodles/illustrations by White within them,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication (to Sylvia Townsend Warner - who wrote a biography of T. H. White) and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. An uncommon anthology of correspondence.See also the previous alpha-numerical book ID rja953321 and the following 2 sequential book IDs' rja953521 and rja953621 for other Garnett familial-related items. David Garnett (b. 1892 – d. 1981) was a British writer and publisher,and the only son of Edward William Garnett (b. 5th January,1868 – d. 19th February,1937) who was an English writer,critic and literary editor and reader for the London publishing houses of T. Fisher Unwin,Gerald Duckworth & Co.,and then Jonathan Cape.Edward married Constance Clara Black on 31st August, 1889.She was known for her translations of Russian literature. As a child,David had a cloak made of rabbit skin,and because of that received the nickname "Bunny",by which he was known to friends and intimates all his life.In the letters White addressed to him,White uses the nickname. A conscientious objector in WW1,Garnett worked on fruit farms in Suffolk and Sussex with his lover Duncan Grant.A prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group,Garnett received literary recognition when his novel 'Lady into Fox.' was awarded the 1922 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.Garnett was bi-sexual,as were several members of the artistic and literary Bloomsbury Group,and he had affairs with Francis Birrell and Duncan Grant. He ran a bookshop with Francis Birrell during the 1920s.He also founded (with Francis Meynell) the Nonesuch Press.He wrote the novel 'Aspects of Love.' (1955),on which the later Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name would be based. Garnett published a memoir,'The Golden Echo.' in 1953.Subsequently he wrote two further volumes under the title 'The Golden Echo.' with subtitles 'The Flowers of the Forest.' (1955),and 'The Familiar Faces.' (1962).In this memoir,Garnett described the English literary circles he moved among, including the Bloomsbury group. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE. No owner inscrptn.
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