The eye of the beholder / by Lance Sieveking
1957, First Edition. London : Hulton Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445159
Physical description: 312 pages, 19 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents: The beholder -- G.K. Chesterton -- Oh, for a Boswell! -- Bernard Shaw -- Hilaire Belloc -- Arthur Balfour -- Paul Nash -- Eddie Marsh -- Rupert Brooke -- Hugh Kingsmill and John Holms -- Number 10 Downing Street -- Geoffrey Fray and others -- Stanley Baldwin -- Richard Hughes -- Eric Maschwitz -- Compton Mackenzie -- Osbert Sitwell -- H.G. Wells -- Max Beerbohm -- Aleister Crowley -- Esmond Harmsworth -- E.V. Lucas -- Gerard Manley Hopkins -- Number 12 Hammersmith Terrace, Chiswick Mall -- Envoi. Subjects: Sieveking, Lance 1896-1972 ; Biography. Nash, Paul 1889-1946. Marsh, Edward Howard Sir 1872-1953. Beerbohm, Max Sir 1872-1956. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography.
Price: €28.00