Lb.2.13
[Another copy:] Lb.2.14 [Copy-specific notes:] Loose newspaper clipping (review of book by Desmond MacCarthy) with ms. date in pencil: "Dec 16 1945"; ms. bookseller's code and price in pencil. [Provenance:] Ms. inscription in author's hand: "Frank Lissauer March 1961"; ms. bookseller's note (Christies).
[Another copy:] Lb.2.15 [Copy-specific notes:] 1946 reprint; ms. date on front pastedown in author's hand: "1961"; title-page signed by author.
The condemned playground : essays: 1927-1944 / Cyril Connolly.
London : Routledge, 1945.
viii, 288p, [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. ; 19cm.
With a half-title.
Publisher's black cloth binding.
With dust-jacket.
Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Ms. inscription: "Augustus [John] with love from Cyril [Connolly], 'the best modern drawing I have ever seen' Violet Trefusis. Dec 1945".
Lissauer, Frank Former owner.
John, Augustus, 1878 - 1961 Former owner.
England London.
B20040