MORSE-BOYCOTT, REV.DESMOND. — Fields of Yesterday.
London:Skeffington,1932. 1st ed. "The book deals with the author's family history, his schooldays, how he came to want to take Holy Orders against his father's wish, his curacies at three country churches, and the work which has held him at Somers Town, whilst several chapters are devoted to his journalistic and literary career." Pp.288, portrait frontispiece + 19 further black & white plates,author's armorial bookplate to inside front board. Maroon cloth, bumps to corners, slight sunning to spine. G+.Plus: Five sheets of typed addenda to "Fields of Yesterday" which states: "Please keep this with the book in your possession, without which it is unintelligible". I. Captain Boycott; II Morse and Boycott; III. My Relationship to Winston Churhill (includes family tree); III. The Portraits; IV.The Digbys. Pages toned and spotted with rustedv staple to top corner.