Berkeley Maud Adapted by Flora Fraser (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 192pp, profusely illustrated with Maud Berkeley's sketches and watercolours. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering front and spine. Brown patterned endpapers. 4to. Cloth just a little bumped at corners and spine ends. Upper text block edge dull. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original glossy, illustrated dust jacket, shelf worn and gently bumped on extreme edges, with a few scattered spot marks, a little sunned over spine, label at base of spine. Maud Berkeley's diaries form a remarkable record of the life of an artist who did not share her works - they remained in her family for generations (and now held by the National Art Library). The diaries form an extraordinary, unique, insight into the social life and lifestyle of an privileged if not wealthy lady living on the Isle of Wight int the late 19th and early part of the 20th century.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. Colour and B&W sketches throughout (by Maud Berkeley) 27 cm x 25 cm. 192 pp.

Square imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1985. Secker & Warburg. First Edition. A Hardback in Near Fine condition, with a Dust Wrapper in Very Good condition. A lovely copy with only minor wear to extremities. Publisher's original brown boards with lettering and design in gilt to spine and front. The Wrapper is not price clipped and is now protected with a removable archival cover. Slight fading to spine of wrapper and wear and slight loss at top of spine; a little wear and one closed tear to top edge. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour and black & white. Externally very smart, internally firmly bound. Pages are clean, fresh and unmarked. A really nice First Edition.…