This fascinating vintage 1964 first American edition of Memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell: A Study in Friendship 1873-1915 was edited by Robert Gathorne-Hardy. Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell was an English aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befriended writers including Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence, and artists including Mark Gertler, Dora Carrington and Gilbert Spencer. The book focuses on Morrell's time at Garsington Manor, which became a haven for writers, artists, and conscientious objectors during World War I. This copy is in used vintage condition with some minor discoloration to the front end pages and a very faint water stain to the bottom edge of the crease that is only present on the first 50 pages. There are no torn or marked pages and the dust jacket is protected by a plastic sleeve and backing.
Hardcover, 302 pages
6 x 8.5 inches
This fascinating vintage 1964 first American edition of Memoirs of Lady Ottoline Morrell: A Study in Friendship 1873-1915 was edited by Robert Gathorne-Hardy. Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell was an English aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befriended writers including Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence, and artists including Mark Gertler, Dora Carrington and Gilbert Spencer. The book focuses on Morrell's time at Garsington Manor, which became a haven for writers, artists, and conscientious objectors during World War I. This copy is in used vintage condition with some minor discoloration to the front end pages and a very faint water stain to the bottom edge of the crease that is only present on the first 50 pages. There are no torn or marked pages and the dust jacket is protected by a plastic sleeve and backing.
Hardcover, 302 pages
6 x 8.5 inches
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