{"product_id":"mitford-nancy-the-blessing-1951-4950","title":"The Blessing.","description":"\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Hamish Hamilton.. 1951.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4 class=\"vrb_heading\"\u003ePresentation copy with inscription to Alvilde Lees-Milne.\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_desc\"\u003eFirst edition. Presentation copy with inscription to Alvilde Lees-Milne. 183x120mm. pp. 270. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dustjacket (supplied from another copy). Extremities bumped and lower board a little stained and cockled. Tears, with some loss, to head and foot of spine of jacket and slight chipping to edges at the flaps. Internally, there is some foxing, heavier to the half title and title page. Dedication page is inscribed \"Alvilde with love from Nancy\" and there is the ownership inscription of Alvilde on the front free endpaper. Overall a nice copy. Alvilde (née Bridges) Chaplin (from 1933 to 1951) and Lees-Milne (from 1951 to her death in 1994) was a garden historian and designer. She and James Lees-Milne moved easily in the world where aristocracy and literature meet. While at Eton, James had been a lover of Nancy Mitford's brother Tom which gives this nice presentation copy a little extra spice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_note\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_prov\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_biblio\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"MITFORD, Nancy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193330639225,"sku":"4950","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1484\/0910\/files\/4950_1.jpg?v=1777655455","url":"https:\/\/voewoodrarebooks.com\/products\/mitford-nancy-the-blessing-1951-4950","provider":"Voewood Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}