ACTON, Harold. Old Lamps for New. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., [1965]. 8°. Half title. Original khaki cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, “For Anthony Hobson who should have collaborated with me and who may point out my errors. Affectionately, Harold Acton.” With 8 other books by the same author, namely More Memoirs of an Aesthete (London, [1970], inscribed, “For Anthony Hobson with the hope that I may eventually write something worthier of his fine taste, and all best wishes, Harold Acton”), Tit for Tat (London, [1972]), Tuscan Villas (London, 1973, folio), Nancy Mitford (London, 1975), The Peach Blossom Fan (London, 1976), The Pazzi Conspiracy (London, 1979), The Soul’s Gymnasium (London, 1982), Three Extraordinary Ambassadors (London, [1983], inscribed, “For Anthony Hobson, most loyal of friends and readers, with all best wishes, Harold Acton, 1983”); and Neil Ritchie’s Harold Acton. A Bibliography (Florence, 1984, ONE OF 500 COPIES, inscribed by Harold Acton to Anthony Hobson), all FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS, PRESENTATION COPIES TO ANTHONY HOBSON.

Modern Literature: the Personal Collection of Anthony Hobson

Launchpad