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(1879-1922). Edited by Lady Raleigh. With a Preface by David Nichol Smith. In two volumes. Pp. xxx+272+xvi+[273]-580, 9 plates (including frontispieces), list of Raleigh's writings, indices; demy 8vo; blue/green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, the boards lightly marked and rubbed, spines worn, with a couple of tiny chips to head of spine Volume I; uncut, Volume II partly unopened; hinges starting at a couple of points, free endpapers slightly offset, a couple of small edge chips, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Methuen, & Co. Ltd., London, 1926. First edition. *From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label on the upper pastedowns. Previously from the collection of Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour, with her inked ownership inscription on the upper free endpapers. Lady Balfour (1898-1990) was an organic farming pioneer. She was one of the first women to study agriculture at an English university, and in 1939 she launched the Haughley Experiment at her farm, New Bells, the first long-term comparison of organic and chemical-based farming. Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922) was an English scholar, poet and author who in 1904 became the first holder of the Chair of English Literature at Oxford University.
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