My Dear One: A Victorian Courtship; The Letters of Agnes Bowers and Arthur Thorndike, with the Beginnings of an Autobiography of Sybil Thorndike Casson, and Postscript by John Casson

First edition. 160pp, with occasional monochrome plate illustrations and illustrations in text. In olive green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Tiny mark on front board. Hint of creaminess to pages. In its original dust jacket, a little bumped along upper edge, mild mark in top leading corner. A history of Dame Sybil Thorndike and her family, based on original documents, correspondence and recollections, focussing much on the relationship between her parents. Dame Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson (1882-1976) was an English actress and national treasure.