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Harold ActonTHE LAST MEDICI.
London: Faber and Faber, [1932]. Large octavo. Gilt medium green cloth. Frontis and plates. Spine a shade sunned and slightly cocked, neat bookplate on pastedown, otherwise a very good copy, without dust jacket. Item #WRCLIT85460
First edition. Inscribed on the front free endsheet: "For Anthony Hobson with the warmest regards and best wishes of Harold Action." Ritchie notes that 650 copies were sold in three months, but that a "cheap" edition, probably comprised of unsold copies of this printing, appeared in January 1935. RITCHIE A8a.
Price: $350.00