The Garden. [with:] Autograph Letter Signed ('VN') to Elvira Niggeman ('Elvira').

£800 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Signed

A fine first edition, both inscribed and with a letter to Elvira Niggeman (1896-1985), secretary to Sir Harold George Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West’s husband. The inscription is dated May 1946; the letter apologises for having forgotten to send Elvira the book sooner. Sackville-West also writes that “if the BBC pantechnicon consents to take some things… I will also send some Klim milk and some veg.” Some marks and edge wear to the dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition.

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