POWELL, Anthony. John Aubrey and his Friends. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1948]. 8°. Half title, frontispiece portrait, title printed in red and black, plates, 2 folding tables. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with price of 18s unclipped (small piece torn away from upper wrapper). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, “Anthony Hobson, his book, Anthony Powell.” Loosely-inserted is a 2-page autograph letter from Anthony Powell to de Hegedus, dated 22 August 1947, on the subject of work and domestic duties. With 2 other books edited by Anthony Powell, namely Barnard Letters 1778-1824 (London, 1928) and John Aubrey’s Brief Lives and Other Selected Writings (London, 1949), both INSCRIBED by Powell to Anthony Hobson.