The Pilgrim of a Smile
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1936.
"The Curio Club, as all the world knows, overlooks the Thames. From its upper windows one may look down upon the swirl of discoloured water hurrying to the sea. To the right, spanning the river like a rusty iron bar thrown across a ditch, loom the girders of the railway bridge of Charing Cross. Opposite, across the river, a factory chimney climbs into the upper air from out of the disorder of wharves and cranes, merchandise and mean houses, which (lank the mud-banks on the Surrey side. It is not, however, to its position alone - nor even to the decorative skill of the Adam brothers - that the Curio club owes its peculiar reputation. It is in the quality of its membership, in the character of its members and in the temper of its society that the Curio club is so renowned: it is in this constitution that its guests are so admirably entertained: it is of this cause that its waiting list is so long."
Condition grading: Fair. Coloured pencil number, marks and light creases. Creases and wear to spine. Creases and wear to rear cover edges. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1936.
"The Curio Club, as all the world knows, overlooks the Thames. From its upper windows one may look down upon the swirl of discoloured water hurrying to the sea. To the right, spanning the river like a rusty iron bar thrown across a ditch, loom the girders of the railway bridge of Charing Cross. Opposite, across the river, a factory chimney climbs into the upper air from out of the disorder of wharves and cranes, merchandise and mean houses, which (lank the mud-banks on the Surrey side. It is not, however, to its position alone - nor even to the decorative skill of the Adam brothers - that the Curio club owes its peculiar reputation. It is in the quality of its membership, in the character of its members and in the temper of its society that the Curio club is so renowned: it is in this constitution that its guests are so admirably entertained: it is of this cause that its waiting list is so long."
Condition grading: Fair. Coloured pencil number, marks and light creases. Creases and wear to spine. Creases and wear to rear cover edges. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1936.
"The Curio Club, as all the world knows, overlooks the Thames. From its upper windows one may look down upon the swirl of discoloured water hurrying to the sea. To the right, spanning the river like a rusty iron bar thrown across a ditch, loom the girders of the railway bridge of Charing Cross. Opposite, across the river, a factory chimney climbs into the upper air from out of the disorder of wharves and cranes, merchandise and mean houses, which (lank the mud-banks on the Surrey side. It is not, however, to its position alone - nor even to the decorative skill of the Adam brothers - that the Curio club owes its peculiar reputation. It is in the quality of its membership, in the character of its members and in the temper of its society that the Curio club is so renowned: it is in this constitution that its guests are so admirably entertained: it is of this cause that its waiting list is so long."
Condition grading: Fair. Coloured pencil number, marks and light creases. Creases and wear to spine. Creases and wear to rear cover edges. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
