E. L. Grant Watson — Departures
London, Pleiades Books Limited , 1948. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this autobiographical sketch of Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson, with decorations by John O'Connor. Autobiographical sketch of the life and work of Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson, author and biologist of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a prolific author publishing from essays and short stories to novels, scientific-philosophical works challenging Darwin's evolution theory. Featuring charming decorations by Irish painter John O'Connor. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper excellent with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge affecting endpapers and odd margin only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: John O'Connor. Near Fine/Near Fine.
