Author: Major W. P. Drury
Title: The Peradventures of Private Pagett
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Price Drury's entertaining collection of humorous short stories, illustrated with plates from Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and a further seven monochrome plates by the renowned Golden Age book illustrator Arthur Rackham.Collated, complete.A delightful collection of amusing short stories of land and sea, told by the protagonist Private Paget.The work of Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury, a Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist and playwright, who is best known for his dramatic and prose works on naval themes.With a contemporary owner's inscription, dated 1905, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip lightly age toned. A touch of cockling to front board. Hinges strained, with rear board firmly held, and front board a touch tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, with instances of spotting and light handling marks. Good . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Good .

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