Cecil H. Miles — A Glimpse of Madeira

London, Peter Garnett, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A compelling history of Madeira, illustrated with many photographs and complete with the very scarce original dust wrapper. First edition. With the very scarce original dust wrapper, price-clipped. This well-versed guide to Madeira discusses its discovery, the formation of the islands, colonisation, the people, transport, street vendors, exports and much more. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece painted by Max Romer and many monochrome photographs and reproductions of old prints. Written by Cecil H. Miles, who was born in Madeira and became Vice-Consul of the Ministry of Information services at the British Consulate in Funchal.  In the original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the corners and spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is chipped along the top edge of the wrap and tail of spine. With tape reinforcing a few small closed tears. Sunning, spotting and marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.