Clive Holland — Things Seen in the Channel Islands

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated description of the charming Channel Islands, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and three sketch maps to the front of the text. Collated complete. A description of the Channel Islands, their delightful coves and scenery, as well as their history, customs, and people. With additional commentary into their vicissitudes in war-time. Written by Charles James Hankinson, under the pen name of Clive Holland, an English journalist and photographer. Holland also authored Things Seen in Japan and Things Seen in Egypt as part of this series. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.