James Lees-Milne — A Mingled Measure: Diaries, 1953-1972

London, John Murray, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fifth volume of the diaries of Henry Lees-Milne, in which he encounters Oswald Mosley, Colette, and Somerset Maugham. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece.James Henry Lees-Milne was an English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He worked most days in William Thomas Beckford's library at Lansdown Crescent, Bath.Lees-Milne published his diaries in twelve volumes, covering the years 1942 to 1947. This is the fifth volume of his diaries, and follows his life from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Minor bump to back strip head, otherwise externally fine. Dust wrapper in exceptional condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, though a touch age toned to perimeters due to paper type. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.