This discursive and absorbing travel-book offers, as the author says in his new Foreword, 'a picture of a way of living that exists no longer.' Hot Countries tells of a series of journeys in the Far East, the West Indies and the South Sea Islands when he was a young and light-hearted novelist seeking colour, romance and adventure. Alec Waugh, 1898-1981, was a British novelist born in London and educated at Sherborne Public School, Dorset. Waugh's first novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), is a semi-autobiographical ...
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This discursive and absorbing travel-book offers, as the author says in his new Foreword, 'a picture of a way of living that exists no longer.' Hot Countries tells of a series of journeys in the Far East, the West Indies and the South Sea Islands when he was a young and light-hearted novelist seeking colour, romance and adventure. Alec Waugh, 1898-1981, was a British novelist born in London and educated at Sherborne Public School, Dorset. Waugh's first novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), is a semi-autobiographical account of public school life that caused some controversy at the time and led to his expulsion. Waugh was the only boy ever to be expelled from The Old Shirburnian Society. Despite setting this record, Waugh went on to become the successful author of over 50 works, and lived in many exotic places throughout his life which later became the settings for some of his texts. He was also a noted wine connoisseur and campaigned to make the cocktail party a regular feature of 1920s social life.
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Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book Not a first printing, but an early printing of this hardcover book with beautiful woodcut illustrations throughout by Lynd Ward. Green cloth boards with metallic palm tree on front and rear cover. Clean, with two tiny pinpoint size nicks at top board edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, 304 pages with Index.
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Lynd Ward. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. viii, 304 p. illus., plates. 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. At sea. --Tahiti. --La Martinique. --"Gone native. "--Siam. --Ceylon. --The Englishman in the tropics. --The New Hebrides. --The Black republic. --Homewards. --London. Green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and gold palm tree on cover.
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