Lot Essay
The second work is inscribed by Sonia Keppel, Violet's sister.
Details
TREFUSIS, Violet. Prelude to Misadventure, London: Hutchinson & Co., [ca. 1941]. 8°, half title (adhesive tape staining to gutter of title), original cloth (inner hinges weak or broken, extremities lightly rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed, "For Darling Papa, 'without whose assistance this book would never have been written!', By, Nov. 1941."
KEPPEL, Sonia. Edwardian Daughter, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. 8°, half tone frontispiece portrait by Cecil Beaton, illustrations, original blue cloth (lightly rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Darling Buff - from Do, 1958."
With Violet Trefusis's Don't Look Round (London, 1952). (3)
KEPPEL, Sonia. Edwardian Daughter, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. 8°, half tone frontispiece portrait by Cecil Beaton, illustrations, original blue cloth (lightly rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Darling Buff - from Do, 1958."
With Violet Trefusis's Don't Look Round (London, 1952). (3)
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