Confessions of an Incurable Collector (Signed Presentation copy)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Chapman and Hall |
| Publication Year: | 1928 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 028160 |
| Catalogue(s): | Autobiography and Biography ◇ Signed Books ◇ Association and Presentation Copies ◇ Antiques and Collectibles |
First edition. xii, 256pp, with tissue-guarded plate frontispiece and several further plate illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper by Desmond Coke to his sister Dorothy. 8vo. Cloth is worn and a little marked, rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, a little sunned over spine. Dusty text block edges. Slightly tanned endpapers, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Captain Desmond Coke (1879 - 1931) described himself as an 'incurable' collector of objects d'art. He was also a novelist - best remembered for his 1906 novel, The Bending of a Twig) who drew on his experiences as a schoolmaster. He also wrote under the pen-name Belinda Blinders.
