Philip Steegman; Sir Hugh Walpole — Indian Ink

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce narrative of a young English portrait painter, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Very scarce work. The narrative of a young English portrait painter who, finding that the economic depression in Europe and America was depriving the arts of most of their patrons, went to India in search of others. A sincere record of a creative mind which had previously only been known to those who has seen his work, which has now developed far beyond the studios of London and Rome. Written by Philip Steegman, a portrait painter, sculptor, writer and illustrator who travelled India in the late 1930s. With a foreword by Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, an English novelist. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear to the rear panel. Sunning to the spine and panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.