A signed copy of a 1930 book on Amalfi. presented, with a letter, to Osbert Sitwell

Proto, Antonio: AMALFI and its Vicinity. Amalfi 1930 1st edition, 8½ x 6¼ ins.

Sketch map and plates from photographs, 92pp, [ii index]. Original red cloth titled in gilt, hinges splitting alongendpapers, pages browned at edges. Signed, as are all copie, on verso of title page but this copy further signed with presentation inscription 1930. This copy comes with a further letter from the author, signed Antonio Proto, 23 Maggio 1930 with envelope as sent to Osbert Sitwell,Esq. c/o Cook’s & Son, Firenze. oct9/1

Provenance: Sold with other books from Renishaw by Sir Reresby Sitwell in the 1990s.