Bryan Guinness — Reflexions
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Bryan Guinness, signed by Guinness to Van Wyck Brooks. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Van Wyck Brooks, from Bryan Guinness, Moyne, 1953".Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian.An anthology of poetry by Bryan Guinness, the 2nd Baron Moyne.Guinness was a poet, novelist, and socialite, and the first husband of Diana Mitford. He was the vice-chairman of the Guinness corporation. Illustrated with vignettes by Michael Gibbon. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Only a few very light marks to the cloth. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Michael Gibbon. Fine .
