Thomson, Basil.
THE INDISCRETIONS OF LADY ASENATH.
A.D. Innes & Company, Ltd., 1898. 1st Ed. [x] + 295pp. + [i] blank + [12]pp. publ. cat. 8 plates. F.e.ps. lightly browned, hinges cracked, light marginal browned and sporadic spotting, very faint remains of ink stamp to lower pastedown, ownership signature ‘Everard im Thurn 1909’ to front f.e.p., occasional marginal pencil markings, original gilt lettered blue cloth, soiled and rubbed, stain to fore-edge of upper board and tail of lower board, binding sl. cockled, fore-edge uncut, corners bumped with some sl. wear, spine browned and sl. bumped and chipped at head and tail.
¶ Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘Sir Everard Im Thurn from Basil Thomson.’ Collection of Short Stories drawing upon the author’s experiences in Fiji and the South Sea Islands, where he had been based during his Colonial service.
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