Author: Jeffery, Walter
Title: The King's Yard: A Story of Old Portsmouth
Description: R. A. Everett, London, 1903. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Green Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Walter James Jeffery (1861-1922), journalist and author, was born on 20 August 1861 at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, son of James Jeffery, warrant officer in the Royal Navy, and his wife Rosina, née Wright. At 15 Walter entered the navy but after two years transferred to the merchant marine, visiting India and Australia. He was also employed on a lightship in the English Channel, as a fireman in London, as a farmworker, and as a newspaper reporter at Portsmouth. He settled in New South Wales, Australia in 1886 & lived there until his death in 1922. In this novel, based in the city where he was born, Jeffery's solid research and the telling anecdote are fruitfully combined. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285 pages. 2-volume set (complete). Faded gilt titles spine; blind-stamped outer border front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Novels; Portsmouth; Australian Literature; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 5112.

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