SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita. ~ Orchard and Vineyard.
London & New York
John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd
1921
First edition. Inscribed by the poet’s mother Lady Sackville to Amy Johnson. 104 pp. 8vo., original linen backed blue paper covered boards, printed paper label on upper cover and spine. Corners bumped, a little browning to the boards, spine label rubbed.
With an excellent inscription by Vita Sackville-West’s mother to the remarkable female pilot Amy Johnson refering to her daughter’s famous poem ‘Ad Astra’ (”Conqueror! what have you seen in the heavens? Star-dust is in your hair.”). The inscription in a large hand on the front free endpaper reads “To Miss Amy Johnson from the mother of ‘Ad Astra’ p.59. With all admiration for Miss Johnson’s wonderful pluck and success - From the Dowager Lady Sackville, January 1932”.
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