Author: HUMFREY, MICHAEL.
Title: Portrait of a Sea Urchin. A Caribbean Childhood.
Description: London. Collins & Harvill, 1979., First edition. Hardback. Autobiography of a white boy born in Grenada of English parents. He grew up appreciating the beautiful beaches & fascinating marine life of the West Indies, & became an authority on sea shells & molluscs. He writes about his friends among the Negro workers & their families, & eventually realized he was more West Indian than English. 208 pages, with b./w. drawings by Desmond Knight in collaboration with Susan Humfrey. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but small pale brown mark on bottom corner of f.e.p. Near fine d./w. but price clipped. 21.75cm.14cm. ISBN 0002626446 1979

Keywords: jGrenada Caribbean marine sea shells West Indies molluscs


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