Vita Sackville-West Collection VITA SACKVILLE-WEST Literature

VITA SACKVILLE-WEST COLLECTION 1. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. (Mrs. Harold Nicholson). POEMS OF EAST AND WEST. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1917. (AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK SIGNED) FIRST EDITION, 8vo, bound in gray spine with blue boards, labels on front cover and spine. Contains 47 untrimmed pp.; unopened at the top except for the last two leaves where a previous owner separated them leaving a few small chips, spine is slightly rippled, spine label is slightly chipped, minor soiling to covers with a few subtle linear indents, slight discoloration on front and rear end pages, b&w frontispiece of a view of Constantinople, SIGNED "V. Sackville-West" on front free end page. This is the author's first book for public consumption. 2. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. HERITAGE. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1919. (SIGNED BY COUNTESS INA BUBNA - SILENT FILM ACTRESS & PRODUCER) FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original red cloth binding, 250 pp., moderate shelf wear, rubbing along joints, small pinhole on front joint, lower corner of page edges has coffee-like stain about 1/2" each of front and bottom edges; about 20 pp. have similar stains in margins, the largest measuring about the size of a dime and diminishing in size and fading outward from the source for about 10 pp. on either side of it. Author's first novel. This is a respectable copy in spite of its few faults. The front flyleaf is signed "Ina A. Bubna / Carbisdale 1920." Bubna was the daughter of Duchess Blair who constructed Carbisdale Castle, reputedly out of spite of her second husband's family. Construction of Carbisdale began in 1910 in the village of Culrain Scotland but the Duchess died in 1912 before it was completed. Her daughter Countess Ina A. Bubna inherited Carbisdale. Bubna produced a silent film, The Definite Object, in 1920 and was an actress in another, Silence, in 1926. 3. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. ORCHARD AND VINEYARD. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, Ltd., 1921. (SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH ERIC GILL-DESIGNED BOOKPLATE) FIRST EDITION, 8vo, contains 101 untrimmed pp., gray cloth spine with blue boards and paper labels on front cover and spine; 2 pp. ads in rear for other Sackville-West's book, very faint discoloration along bottom edge, very minor soiling; a nice copy. Front pastedown has the bookplate of Scott Cunningham, with a Unicorn, designed by Eric Gill in 1931 (see "Catalogue of an Exhibition of Eric Gill , Stanford University Library, 1954). SIGNED by V. Sackville-West on front end page. 4. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. THE HEIR: A LOVE STORY. London: William Heinemann, 1922. (SIGNED BY TWO GENERATIONS) FIRST TRADE EDITION, 8vo, brown cloth, 250 pp.; front panel of dust jacket has been trimmed and glued on end page, advertising material (bi-fold, 2 leaves) has been glued to the half title, spine slightly faded, a few small stains on cover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by V. Sackville-West's mother "To Sir John Hall" from the author's mother Victoria Sackville" written on her bookplate with her monogram & address. SIGNED by V. Sackville-West on the title page above her crossed-out printed name (appears to have been crossed out by Sackville-West) in the same pen. Inserted is a typed letter (Feb. 11 1932) from booksellers (Davis & Orioli of London) who sold this book. The letter reads in part, "We have now managed to procure you three more of the Sackville-West books, which you were anxious to have.You will notice "The Heir", is an exceptionally interesting copy, being signed by the author, and having a presentation inscription from the author's mother." A newspaper review of The Heir is tipped in. 5. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. GREY WETHERS: A ROMANTIC NOVEL. London: William Heinemann, 1923. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, grey cloth. 306 pp., small stain at top of front cover, title page has blind-stamp near the top edge reading "PRESENTATION COPY," penciled initials "C.S.," on title page, a respectable copy though it lacks the dust jacket.