TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928). The Vein in The Marble, London, 1925, 4to, 32 plates by Tennant, original boards. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Pamela Grey to Clare Mackail. With 3 other related books. (4)

TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87, illustrator) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928).  The Vein in the Marble. London: Philip Allan & Company, 1925. 4to (245 x 190mm). Half title, illustrations on the title and on the verso of the final leaf, 32 mounted monochrome plates by Stephen Tennant (some browning to the verso of the dedication leaf and the contents leaf, some lighter mainly marginal browning). Original cloth-backed marbled silk boards, printed label mounted on upper cover, pictorial endpapers by Stephen Tennant, two additional printed labels tipped-in at the end (spine detached, edges rubbed and frayed). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title, "For Clare Mackail from Pamela Grey, 1926." Pamela Adelaide Genevieve Grey, Viscountess Grey of Fallodon, was an English writer and the mother of Stephen Tennant, the (in)famous socialite and one of the so-called "Bright Young Things", who illustrated the book in his distinctive fin-de-siècle style. Clare Mackail (1896-1975), who led an altogether more low-profile life, was the grand-daughter of Edward Burne-Jones. With 3 other related books, namely Rose Henniker Heaton's The Perfect Hostess ... Decorated by Alfred E. Taylor (London, 1931, 8vo, original decorated cloth-backed boards), the same author's The Perfect Christmas ([London], 1932, 8vo, illustrated by Daphne Jerrold, original coloured decorated cloth-backed boards) and Giovanni Quaglino's The Complete Hostess ... Edited by Charles Graves ([London], 1935, illustrations printed in black and green by Anna K. Zinkeisen, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, jacket frayed with slight loss), all FIRST EDITIONS. (4)