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Lees-Milne, James - Prophesying Peace

Title: Prophesying Peace
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the second volume of James Lees-Milne's provocative and highly-acclaimed diaries spanning the years 1944-1945. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine Reynolds Stone designed dustwrapper. 8vo. 254 pp. Black and white frontis of James Lees-Milne after a painting by Derek Hill. A veritable who's who of British aristocracy, their country homes acquired by James Lees-Milne during his tenure at the National Trust, sterling observations of wartime Britain and of close friends John Betjeman, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Henry Green, Anthony Powell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson et al. /Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: FIRST EDITION DIARIES MEMOIRS NATIONAL TRUST WORLD WAR TWO VITA SACKVILLE-WEST .

Price: US$ 225.00 Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
- Book number: 30740

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