West, Rebecca (1942) ‘Black Lamb and Grey Falcon’, SIGNED UK first edition (reprint)

Rebecca West (1942) ‘Black Lamb and Grey Falcon’, Two volume UK first edition, reprinted June 1942, published by Macmillan. Signed and inscribed by Rebecca West on the half-title page of volume I: “with all good wishes to Kathleen Flint from Rebecca West – 1943”.

Condition: good with partial fading to bottom spine; general shelf and reading wear commensurate with age. M.K. Flint Dec. 1942 inscription of previous owne on the ffep of bothe volumes corresponding with West’s dedication. No dust jackets.

Signed copies are exceptionally scarce.

Rebecca West’s ‘Black Lamb and Grey Falcon’ is considred one of the best travel books of the 20th century; and it is also an iconic testimony of the pre-war Balkans as eyed by a Westerner. The autor, journalist, critic and writer Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield who used the pseudonym Rebecca West was regarded as one of the best in her field.