McLAREN, Jack.

£750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Crystal Skull. First edition, first impression, rare in the jacket, from the collection of the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, with his posthumous bookplate. It follows the adventures of a nefarious scientist and the role of a replica of the British Museum's crystal skull in his plans. McLaren (1884-1954) was an Australian novelist best known for his autobiographical work, My Crowded Solitude (1926).

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