Publication details: Cecil Palmer,1929,
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Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'For Mr. Clive H. Tanner, F.R.C.S., from W.J. Curtis Morgan as a modest token of his appreciation & gratitude for a most successful operation, Xmas 1961'Curtis Morgan was born at Talybont, near Aberystwyth, and attended Queen's College, Oxford between 1911 and 1914; his published output is slim - this is his second novel, followed by a play, 'An Oxford Romance' - he also seems to have forged a brief tennis career, recording a first round defeat in the Wimbledon Championships of 1930. He served in the R.A.F. during the Second World War, and returned to Queen's College to complete an M.A. in 1987.The story of David Selwyn, the present work draws on the author's own experiences in Wales, Oxford and London.
FIRST EDITION, occasional very faint foxing, pp. [ix], 388, crown 8vo, original red cloth, lettered in black to backstrip and upper board, a little fading around the backstrip, edges and endpapers very faintly spotted, dustjacket chipped with gently faded backstrip panel, a few faint marks to front panel, very good
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