Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 222pp, b/w frontis, 7pp b/w plates, a near fine copy. Account of the authors first 26 years. His father, grand-father & great grand-father were all painters & he grew up in privileged background, but did not complete his education due to ill health. After a tour of the world he entered the civil service & was appointed to Milners staff dealing with the aftermath of the Boer war.

biography, travel, art, south africa, boer war, japan