Autobiography of a Cad
1938, a first printing of A G Macdonell's hilarious spoof memoir of a complete rotter
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback, rebound in plain binder's cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 19 × 12cm, 314pp, 2pp ads.
A G Macdonell's hilariously tongue-in-cheek 'autobiography' of a man who ploughs his way through life shafting everyone around him. After inheriting an estate from his dull father while still at Eton, he then goes up to Oxford; adroitly evades service in the First World War, and finally becomes a Tory minister in the 1930s. A rotter and a chancer of the first order, Fox-Ingleby will do anything to get what he wants—power, prestige, money, and sex...
Condition
Very good condition. The book has been rebound to a very high standard. The contents are in very good condition indeed, with clean ages and secure binding. The book is free from inscription.
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