ACTON, Harold (and others). The Eton Candle. Edited by Brian Howard. Volume One [all published]. Eton: The Savile Press, [1922]. 4to. Plates, including one by William Acton (“Nature Morte”) and one by Anthony Powell (“Colonel Caesar Cannonbrains of the Black Hussars”), advertisements at the front and back, a large number for motorbikes. Original pink boards lettered in gilt (lacks spine, edges rubbed, some staining to lower board). Provenance: unsigned pencil drawing of a female nude on the front free endpaper. PRESENTATION COPY, the front pastedown inscribed, “To Anthony Hobson, a battered souvenir of Harold Acton in 1922, with warm regards in September, 1962.” In addition to Harold and William Acton and Anthony Powell (the latter’s first appearance in print), contributors included Brian Howard, Sacheverell and Osbert Sitwell, Aldous Huxley and Maurice Baring. The work bears a printed dedication “to the illustrious memory of Algernon Charles Swinburne.” With Glue and Lacquer. Four Cautionary Tales Translated from the Chinese by Harold Acton & Lee Yi-Hsieh ([London], The Golden Cockerel Press, [1941], engraved illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier after Eric Gill, TRANSLATOR’S PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, “For Anthony Hobson, a relic of World War 2, with warm regards, Harold Acton”, and a monochrome photograph of Harold Acton inscribed by him to Nancy Cunard.