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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Reynold Stone (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of James Lees-Milne's memoir about his life from childhood to World War II, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition, first impression, of this work. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Another Self' is James Lees-Milne's autobiography, documenting his time at Eton, his experience during World War II, working as private secretary to the 1st Baron Lloyd, to his breaking into his writing career. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Reynolds Stone. Lees-Milne is a well known author, and expert on country houses, working for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was also a good friend of the Mitfords. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A couple of light spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper with a couple of light marks. Price sticker to the front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

London, Oxford U.P., 1960, in-8°, ix pp + ca. 150 nn pp ( = facsimile) + 60 pp (translation) , publisher's red cloth with original dust wrapper. Wrapper slightly used, with some minor tears. Still a good copy.

Illus. by Reynold Stone, 11 x 6.75", black morocco backed gilt-dec marbled boards, 95pp, covers a little rubbed, some minor spotting to first and last few pp else a nice copy. LIMITED TO 50 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #47) SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON COLOPHON, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, RALPH HODGSON AT THE END OF THE POEM. From an edition of 350 numbered copies.

xli+152pp. 4to. Original cloth, with gilt lettering, backstrip slightly faded, in own slipcase. Black and white plates. Decorative endpapers. A near fine copy. Limited edition (150 copies). Signed with an original wood engraving.