Frances Partridge Diaries (7 volumes Set) (1939-1975)

7 Volume set. First editions in unclipped dust-wrappers. Offers a unique window into Partridge’s world from the 1920s to the 1980s, capturing her remarkable observations on art, politics, friendships, and personal losses. Her early diaries provide intimate portraits of members of the Bloomsbury Group and their complex relationships, including Partridge’s marriage to Ralph Partridge, who had previously been involved in a love triangle with Dora Carrington and Lytton Strachey. Comprises A Pacifist’s War: Diary 1939-1945 (1978) (Dust-jacket by Angelica Garnett); Everything to Lose: Diaries 1945-1960 (1985) (Dust-jacket by Angelica Garnett); Hanging On: Diaries 1960-1963 (1990); Other People: Diaries 1963-1966 (1993); Good Company: Diaries 1967-1970 (1994); Life Regained: Diaries 1970-1972 (1998); Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-1975 (2001).

Pacifist’s War from the library of Ronald Blythe, with his neat ownership signature to front endpaper.

Good Company: Diaries January 1967-December 1970 bears a presentation inscription from the author: ‘For George. Frances Partridge.  

Condition:

Pacifist’s War: top edge of text-block lightly marked and boards a little rubbed to extremities.

Hanging on: Diaries 1960-1963: Dust-wrapper sunned to spine.

Otherwise very good set in very good dust-wrappers.