The Condemned Playground.

£375 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Inscribed by the author to Noel Blakiston: 'Noel [in pencil], from Cyril with love'. Noel Blakiston (1904-1985), writer, Cyril Connolly's best friend at Eton, contributed to Connolly's Horizon. First edition, inscribed by the author; Sml. 8vo; portrait frontispiece by Augustus John; publisher's black cloth, dust-jacket, dust soiled, chipped, one short tear but in all, a good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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