Judith Lytton — Love in a Mist

London, Herbert and Daniel, 1913. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce early poetical work from Judith Lytton, a British peeress best known for her profound influence on Arabian horse breeding. The first edition.  Very scarce.  In the publisher's decorative limp red leatherette binding.  With a tinted portrait frontispiece from a drawing by Neville Lytton, as well as a decorative title page monogram and initial letter designs throughout.  A figure of notable descent and achievements, Judith Lytton was a British peeress, Arabian horse breeder, real tennis player and poet, with the latter really being the understated of the bunch. She took over her family's Crabbet Arabian Stud from 1917 to 1957, with a legacy of over 90 per cent of all Arabian horses in the world today carrying lines to Crabbet bloodstock in their pedigrees.  She was the only surviving child of the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and his, Lady Anne, and was the great-granddaughter of eminent English poet Lord Byron.  From the library of Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880-1947), the younger son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his wife Jennie, and the brother of Sir Winston Churchill. With his bookplate to the front paste down.  In the publisher's decorative limp red leatherette binding. Externally, rubbing to the extremities resulting in loss to the head and tail of the spine. Faint marks and stains to the leather. Bookplate with the monogram of Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with spots to the bookplate and minor offsetting to the front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: Neville Lytton. Good .