Summer's lease : autobiography, 1901-1938 / John Rothenstein
1965, First Edition. London : Hamish Hamilton. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #366428
Provenance; from the library of John Hayes with the owner's signature, includes provenance note from previous antiquarian bookseller, Sims Reed Rare Books. Physical description; xii, 260 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents
A Hampstead childhood -- School at Bedales -- Oxford -- London: early failure -- Emigration to America and return -- Leeds -- Visits to far Oakridge -- Sheffield. Subjects; Rothenstein, John (1901-1992). Rothenstein, John Sir (1901-1992) Biography. Museum directors Great Britain ; Biography. Art historians Great Britain ; Biography. Art museum directors Great Britain ; Biography. Art historians Great Britain ; Biography. Art museums Directors. Rothenstein Sir John autobiography. Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated.
Price: €50.00