Maiden Voyage: (Penguin Book No. 979) by Denton Welch - 1954

Plume, 1984-09-19. Paperback. Good.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1954. Reissued, 1st thus. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Foreword by Edith Sitwell. Plaintext paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. After I had run away from school, no one knew what to do with me ...Â’ Born in Shanghai in 1915, son of a wealthy rubber merchant, Denton Welch was dispatched to an English boarding school after his motherÂ’s death. There he suffered, and soon absconded, forcing his father to bring him back to Shanghai where further travels and adventures ensued. Maiden Voyage (1943) is WelchÂ’s semi-novelistic, beautifully observed account of these formative experiences. Creasing of the book corners with a little chipping to the back strip corners. The book is slightly cocked with stains and foxing to the book covers; with browning and foxing of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners… Read More

Faber and Faber, 2011-08-04. Paperback. Good.

Hammondsworth, UK: Penguin Travel Library, 1983. (reprint). Trade Paperback. GOOD. Ex-library with expected markings and protective cover. Faint age toning of pages. From running away from school in England to "his impressions of the Temple of Heaven in Peking…he reveals his unique gift for observation coupled with a brilliantly idiosyncratic appreciation..." of the world around him.

Penguin, 1954. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Slight rubbing and soiling to wraps with a small to top of spine. No inscriptions, browning to page edges. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1983. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Welch, Denton. 256pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Pages tanning. Internally, neat, clean and tight.

Faber and Faber, 2011. Paperback. New. main edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.40x0.90 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 'After I had run away from school, no one knew what to do with me...'Born in Shanghai in 1915, son of a wealthy rubber merchant, Denton Welch was dispatched to an English boarding school after his mother's death.

Paperback / softback. New. 'After I had run away from school, no one knew what to do with me...' Born in Shanghai in 1915, son of a wealthy rubber merchant, Denton Welch was dispatched to an English boarding school after his mother's death.

Cambridge, MA: Exact Change, 1999. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Fine. 274pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Account of the author's sixteenth year, when he ran away from English public school and was then sent to Shanghai to live with his father. Originally published in 1943. Foreword by Edith Sitwell.