Diaries and Letters 1930-1939 by Nicolson, Harold:

Collins, 1966. Hardcover. Good. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 448 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is noticeably loose but pages and plates remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has slightly heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Collins, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. Ex-Library hardcover no dj (gray boards) with all the usual markings, possible attachments, and library wear. Flyleaf(s) taped to the first free endpaper. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

New York: Atheneum, 1966. Book Club Edition. very good, fair. 448, illus., map, footnotes, appendix, index, DJ worn and discolored, small tears at DJ spine

Collins, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 447 pages. Grey dust jacket over yellow cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Minor tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with area of loss to front, top corner and visible sunning to spine. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.

Fontana, 1969,. 1969. Soft cover. paperback, 447pp, pages browned, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine faded and creased, Good condition. .

London England: Collins, 1967. Hardback. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Harold Nicolson kept a diary from the moment he resigned from the Foregin Office at the end of 1929 until October 1964. This volume covers the period from the beginning of the diary until the outbreak of war. it is an incomparable record of those years, composed by a man who knew almost every major figure of his times and was endowed with the ability to describe what he heard, saw and did, and to communitate what he felt. Married to the poet and novelist V. Sackville-West, he lived in many words and enjoyed them all. He was gay, immensely socialble and profoundly interested in the way and politics of the world. This book is of historical importance for the picture it gives of historical importance for the picture it gives of literary, political and social London in the 1930s. But it is also the portrait of a marriage between two very different and remarkable people. Harold Nicolson and V. Sackville-West, as their son… Read More

London: Collins, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Great copy. Very little wear. Inspection reveals a fine biro mark on otherwise great yet clipped DJ (see pictures). All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects our 33% SALE! ***STRIKE UPDATE*** Due to Royal Mail strike action there are delays within their service so for customers within the UK I can send by courier. If you would prefer this option, just drop me a line and I'll get you a quote. If this is intended as a gift, please email first and I can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it, just email first and I'll obtain a quote. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch..

Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes ****THIS IS A 2 VOLUME SET. BOOKS NOT SOLD SEPARATELY. Very good copies with clean pages. Both in torn dust jackets. Both edited by Nigel Nicolson. The War Years is a first edition with a name in ink on front free end paper. Diaries and Letters is a second printing. Sm4to. Published in New York, 1966.