Percy Lubbock — Shades on Eton

London, Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this commentary on Eton from English man of letters Percy Lubbock, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of figures and scenes recalled from the author's own memories of his time being educated at Eton in the 1890s. Being a memoir of boyhood and the growth, through education, into adulthood, shaded by a young imagination. Written by Percy Lubbock, an English man of letters, known as an essayist, critic and biographer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning with the odd small mark. Previous owner's information on a sticker to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.