Wilfred Thesiger: ''My Kenya Days', London, Harper Collins, ...

Hammer

£80

Wilfred Thesiger: ''My Kenya Days', London, Harper Collins, 1994, 1st edition, signed by thesiger to title page, profusely illustrated from photographs throughout, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, J.C.M. Rose printed ownership label affixed at head of FFEP; 'Wilfred Thesiger in Africa. A Unique Collection of Essays and Personal Photographs', London, Harper Press, 2010, 1st UK edition, signed by Alexander Maitland on half title, one of the chief contributors to the book, author of chapter 1 'Wilfred Thesiger in Africa', p.1-73, profusely illustrated from photographs throughout, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Peter Clark: 'Thesiger's Return', L, Motivate, 1992, profusely illustrated from photographs throughout, original pictorial wraps, J.C.M. Rose printed ownership label affixed at head of FFEP, with some relevant ephemera/cuttings loosely inserted; Michael Meredith: 'Wilfred Thesiger. Explorer, Writer and Photographer', Eton College Library, May-October 2004, 28pp booklet, Introduction states "Fifteen years ago Sir Wilfred decided to leave all his literary papers to Eton. They included the manuscripts and typescripts of his books, his diaries, and the letters he wrote throughout his life to his mother. In addition...he gave copies of the dispatches his father sent...to the Foreign Office from Addis Ababa where he was Consul-General from 1909-1914. This exhibition shows a small selection from this very generous benefaction...", black & white ills. throughoutm, original printed pictorial wraps. From the estate of John Cameron Murray Rose, former Eton College House Master (4)