Lytton Strachey — Ermyntrude and Esmeralda

London , Anthony Blond , 1969. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Lytton Strachey's entertaining love story. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Lytton Strachey's posthumously published work, a correspondence between two young Edwardian ladies, one living in the country and one in London. The two young girls are determined to find out everything they can about love and sex but by doing so it results in numerous affairs and attempted seductions. The story is one of discovery and growth.Illustrated with fifteen full paged illustrations and two in-text illustrations by Erte. Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Sunning to the dust wrapper. Marginal age toning to the dust wrapper and flyleaf. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to the first and last pages but generally, the pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Erte. Near Fine/Near Fine.