x, 256pp. Quarter bound in olive green cloth over 'natural' paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. signed and inscribed by author on half-title page 'To Eric Duckworth...'. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket mirrors has some shelf wear, fold on front, price unclipped. 8vo. A selection of essays in which Compton Mackenzie exposes the moral courage, or lack thereof, of some of the most famous people of the twentieth century including D H Lawrence, Oscar Wilde and the Duke of Windsor.
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