West Indian Summer.

£100 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

First edition of West Indian Summer by James Pope-Hennessy. Cover art by Cecil Beaton. Enjoying a now vanished world of sleepy colonial rule, the author sketches a summer spent in the Caribbean, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. He recreates the history of islands like Jamaica and Trinidad through the diaries and historical accounts of famous travellers from past centuries, as well as adding some comments of his own. First edition; 8vo; 1 coloured plate, 40 black and white plates, minor spotting and toning, tears to pg.97-100; green cloth hardcover, original pictorial dustjacket, toning to hardcover, some tears to dusctjacket; viii, 117pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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