Light on a Dark Horse An Autobiography by CAMPBELL, Roy - 1951

Hollis and Carter, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. Reprinted. 347 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with light thumb marking and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Hollis & Carter, London. 1951. 1st. edn. Hardback in unclipped dustwrappe. 8vo. pp347. Orig. brown cloth, gilt to spine. Book in VG condition with three little brown splashes (coffee?) to foredges in tatty d/w held together with sellotape (scotch-tape). "Here is the story of a man of many parts- one of our greatest living lyric poets, soldier, traveller, bull-fighter, horse-trader, circus performer, literary critic and radio personality-all these Roy Campbell has been in his time. Few men have led a life so packed with events and of such varied kinds; and few are better qualified to make a thrilling and entertaining tale of their experiences.hunting game in Rhodesia; fishing for sharks and battling with octopuses; life in a deep-sea whaler; horse-breaking and bull-fighting, treasure-hunting and jousting among the gypsies of the Camargue; romance and poverry in London's literary Bohemia; Spain and the Spanish in the uneasy prelude to the Civil War -these are only some of many unforgettable… Read More

Hollis and Carter, 1951. Hardback`. Very Good. in x in x in. Hollis and Carter 1951. Condition: Very Good (Fine). Clean copy - tight Harcover binding with clear and complete text.