Author: Dum Dum [ Kendall, Major John ] & Watts, Arthur [illustrator]
Title: When Life Is A Different Kind Of Thing - A Book Of Light Verses
Description: J S Fry & Sons, nd c 1930, 1st edition. Stapled card wrappers, G+. 24pp, colour illustrations throughout, SIGNED on the title page 'Nick from Dum Dum' , wrappers water stained & a little faded at the edges, internally fine save for offsetting from the rusted staples in the middle. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A collection of humorous verse, by a rather obscure poet who travelled in India with the Army, Wrote for Punch & published several volumes of poems.

Keywords: poem, poetry, military, humour