ACTON, Harold. Humdrum. London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. 8°. Half title. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine a little darkened, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO ANTHONY HOBSON, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “A book of which I am heartily ashamed and will only sign for my friend Anthony. Harold Acton.” With 6 other books by, or translated by, the same author, namely The Last of the Medici done into English by Harold Acton (Florence, “Privately Printed for Subscribers by G. Orioli”, 1930, The Lungarno Series No. 2, printed on pink paper, NUMBER 2 OF 365 COPIES, inscribed “Hoping that these pages will not demoralize Anthony Hobson, very cordially, Harold Acton”), The Last Medici (London, [1932]), Memoirs of an Aesthete (London, [1948], inscribed, “For Anthony Hobson with happy memories of amusing occasions and all best wishes from Harold Acton”), Prince Isidore. A Novel ([London, 1950], inscribed, “For Anthony trusting that he will learn to avoid all evil eyes. Con tanti saluti, Harold Acton”), The Bourbons of Naples (London, [1956]) and The Last Bourbons of Naples (London, [1961]), all FIRST EDITIONS, MOST IN DUST-JACKETS, PRESENTATION COPIES TO ANTHONY HOBSON.