author's presentation copy

Inscribed by the author in blue ink to the front free endpaper: 'Philip Norman / after much / conversation / together / Anthony Powell / The Chantry / March / 1971'. The recipient was the author Philip Norman, best known for his biographies of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly and Elton John.

The tenth volume in Powell's twelve volume masterpiece A Dance to the Death of Time. Universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature, the series chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; crease to rear endpaper, else unmarked internally; publisher's red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine on a black ground, with the original unclipped dust-jacket by Broom-Lynne, spine slightly tanned, short closed tear to top edge of rear panel; near-fine.