Little innocents : childhood reminiscences / by Dame Ethel Smyth, Lord Berners, Harold Nicolson, Dorothy Wellesley, Lord Alfred Douglas, Edmund Blunden, Baroness Ravensdale, James Laver, Sylvia Pankhurst, H.J. Massingham, Rose Macaulay, Edward Sackville-West, Alice, Lady Lowther, Sonia Keppel, Robert Byron, Princess Antoine Bibesco, C.B. Cochran, Louisa, Countess of Antrim, John Betjeman, Nina Hamnett, J.B. Morton, Evelyn Waugh, V. Sackville-West, E.M. Delafield, Raymond Mortimer, Lord Clonmore, Brian Howard, Lady Longford, Gerald Heard, J.C. Squire ; preface by Alan Pryce-Jones.
| Other author | Pryce-Jones, Alan, 1908-2000, editor, writer of preface. |
| Other author | Shenval Press, printer. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London : Cobden-Sanderson, Mcmxxxii [1932] |
| Manufacture | England : Printed in England for R. Cobden-Sanderson Ltd. by The Shenval Press. |
| Description | viii, 124 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Physical medium | 8vo. |
| Contents | Preface / Alan Pryce-Jones -- "Only ..." / Ethel Smyth -- Neighbours / Lord Berners -- "Pure in heart" / Harold Nicolson -- Infancy / Dorothy Wellesley -- Winning the steeplechase at Winchester / Lord Alfred Douglas -- Bells on the breeze / Edmund Blunden -- Parental vagaries / Irene Ravensdale -- My grandmother's house / James Laver -- Those elfin days / Sylvia Pankhurst -- The fear of God / H.J. Massingham -- Villa Macolai / Rose Macaulay -- Fear in fancy dress / Edward Sackville-West -- From two to ten! / Lady Lowther -- The tail / Sonia Keppel -- All these I learnt / Robert Byron -- Early days / Elizabeth Bibesco -- Talk of the Devil / Charles B. Cochran -- Some children in the 'Sixties / Louisa, Lady Antrim -- "Upper school" / John Betjeman -- What I wore in the 'Nineties / Nina Hamnett -- The Marseillaise / J.B. Morton -- The curse of the horse race / Evelyn Waugh -- Shameful reminiscence / V. Sackville-West -- The tragic years / E.M. Delafield -- First disobedience and the fruit / Raymond Mortimer -- "Mysterium, tremendum, fascinaus" / Lord Clonmore -- Going to Heaven / Brian Howard -- Early snobberies / Christine Longford -- A seventeenth century survival / Gerald Heard -- Childhood / J.C. Squire. |
| Local note | Joyner Rare copy has inscription on front free endpaper dated 1932. |
| References | Cross, R. Vita Sackville-West, B.13 |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare copy Gift of Alston Plummer Jones Jr., 12/16/2025 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Little innocents. London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1932 |
| Genre/form | autobiographies (literary genre) |
| Genre/form | Biographies |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| LCCN | 33014960 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Rare Collection | CT776 .L5 1932 | ✔ Available | Request Material |