Berners, Lord [Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners] — First Childhood

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded London Constable & Co Ltd First Edition 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). ix, 255pp + plates. 8 sepia plates. One of England's quintessential eccentrics. A composer, novelist, painter and conspicuous aesthete, he mingled with some of the leading artistic figures of the 20th century.(1883 - 1950). He lived at Faringdon House in Oxfordshire and built a 140- foot folly in the parkland surrounding his home.