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WILLIAMSON, Henry.
It Was the Nightingale.
First Edition, First Impression of the tenth volume in the author's roman à fleuve, A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. With the author's fine presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "John from Bill [sic] 31 August 1962 at Bellarena, with Christine & Harry: pulling the net: writing the sequent volume to this novel: in the library by the window: happy and balanced in the happy atmosphere of the joint. With love to Dora. A doggy house. Smelling fertiliser..." A second presentation inscription to John [Heygate] appears on the half title page. With a few light corrections to the text Williamson. Williamson was occasionally erratic in presentation inscriptions usually signing himself Henry, less often HW, sometimes Willie and as here Bill!
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the decorative dust jacket. Light spotting to the fore edge but an excellent copy in the nicked and very lightly spotted dust jacket a little faded at the spine.
