[no discernible wear to book, but the previous owner has written his name plus the date & place of purchase at the top of the front endpaper, and has also taped there the business card of the bookshop where he bought it; the jacket is nearly flawless, with just a touch of edgewear]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Author Arthur (A.C.) Benson's "abiding passion was the diary which he began to keep in 1897," when he was about thirty-five years old. "This selection from the first few years is a marvellous evocation of Edwardian Britain, a series of twelve period pieces mixing London and the count... View More...
