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Published by Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom, 1933. 1st Edition. 439pp. Very good brown cloth covers gilt. Coat of arms on front board. Wear to spine heads. No dust jacket. Internally very good with long inscription from the author to Geoffrey Hedley who’s bookplate is on the front pastedown. Black and white plates. Scarce.
John Talbot Clifton was a compulsive traveller who explored Canada, Siberia, Burma, Malaya., Indonesia, Africa and South America, who was known for shooting wild animals and eating them. He once dined on a Mammoth recovered frozen from the Arctic permafrost.
Geoffrey Hedley was a British Collector of Chinese Art.
Violet Clifton was a descendent of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
the illegitimate son of King Charles II.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
- Name: White Eagle Books
- Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
- Country: United Kingdom
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 020 8997 9894
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