"The Littlehampton Bequest" 1973 LANCASTER, Osbert
$75
LANCASTER, Osbert
[94] pp.
Gambit Incorporated Boston
1974
First American Printing
9 1/4" x 6 1/4"
A clever and amusing romp through the long history of the Littlehamptons of Drayneflete, fictional aristocrats and their associates, all portrayed in the style of different artists from Holbein to Hockney. With a foreword by Roy Strong, then Director of the National Portrait Gallery, who plays along by suggesting that "the Drayneflete Collection is an historic one long referred to in the annals of art in this country". The book is dedicated to the writer Anthony Powell (Tony) and his wife Violet.