Navy cloth binding with gilt title on the spine and front board.

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For conditions, please view our photographs. A nice clean rare copy from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. This book was a particular favourite of both Jack’s mother and grandmother.

REPRINT of the 1912 first edition.a near fine, well bound, copy.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (21 November 1863 – 12 May 1944) was an English writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q’s Legacy. His The Oxford Book of English Verse was a favourite of John Mortimer’s fictional character Horace Rumpole.