Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA (1878-1959)

Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA (1878-1959)
The Autobiography, three volumes comprising An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; and The Finish
An Artist's Life, third edition, 1952, signed and dated Alfred Munnings/Dec 1952 (to half-title); The Second Burst, first edition, 1971, signed, inscribed and dated I inscribed this copy for a great picture/dealer who sits in New Bond Street./I have known him since he was an/obliging young man./Nowisimportantand director like in/appearance. A wonder!!/Nov-22-1951/Alfred Munnings/To Stanley Wade and illustrated with four huntsmen in blue ink (to half-title); The Finish, signed and inscribed I inscribe this for my friend of yore Stanley Wade/Alfred Munnings (to frontispiece).

Together with a further first edition of The Finish (4)

Provenance:
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury Paintings and Watercolours Sale, 4 October 2006, lot 45, where purchased by the present private collector