The Admirable Crichton
Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.
First edition illustrated by Hugh Thomson. 4to. Red cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and designs. Twenty one tipped in colour plates, under captioned tissue guards, by Hugh Thomson, plus line drawings in the text. A very good copy of a very handsome book.
A play by Barrie, Crichton is the indefatigable butler for the family of haughty Edwardian aristocrat Lord Loam. When the family, and its servants, are ship wrecked and marooned on a tropical South Sea island, only Crichton has the skill and resourcefulness to keep everyone alive.
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