Hugh Falkus — The Stolen Years

London, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1979. Cloth. The second edition of Hugh Falkus's memoirs of his boyhood, signed by the author to Ted Drake. The second edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author to the front free end paper: "To Ted Drake, with every good wish on your birthday - and in memory of a happy meeting - from Hugh Falkus. Moylegrove, August 1986".Illustrated with forty-nine drawings by the author. Collated, complete.A moving and amusing memoir, in which the writer, filmmaker and presenter Hugh Falkus (1917-1996) looks back on his boyhood among the marshlands and estuaries. This second edition, which was illustrated by the author, includes a new chapter describing an air battle and its sequel in the summer of 1940. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains bright and smart. Fine . Ill.: Hugh Falkus. Fine/Near Fine.