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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS

by Geoffrey Trease

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st. 1971

Very good condition. An early autobiography. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. A few b/w photos. 191 pages.

SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of a small label removed from front free-endpaper and a larger label removed from pastedown.

Stock no. 1330231

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Contents

  • 1 A Man with a Gun
  • 2 Portland Road
  • 3 The Crescent
  • 4 The Exotic Sleggs
  • 5 Slates and Dumb-bells
  • 6 The Inspiration of the Old Masters
  • 7 Widening Horizons
  • 8 A Dream of Spires
  • 9 Higher Education?
  • 10 Drop-out 1929
  • 11 'With the Mind of the Poor'
  • 12 Bloomsbury
  • 13 Grub Street
  • 14 Revolting Youth
  • 15 Bargain Basement
  • 16 A Cottage in the Quantocks
  • 17 Frozen Roubles
  • 18 Politics and Plays
  • List of Books by Geoffrey Trease

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