"Polo" 1955 BOARD, John Oliver Messel

"Polo" 1955 BOARD, John Oliver MesselBOARD, John Inscribed: To (Amb) Raymond Guest so that he may have his own copy The Kauffman's 1961 The Countryman Press 1955 9" x 5 3 4" John Board (British, 1886 1975) Born in Torquay on January 15th, Board was at one time a tea planter in Ceylon, and for many years, polo correspondent to The Times. His drawings were direct and he had a good understanding of horses, painting most equestrian subjects but particularly polo and racing as well as marine

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It is a story of action and drama

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Love for Love is a comical farce which is enlivened by its witty characters and dialogue

The front cover has a hand-painted vellucent insert showing the House seal

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and there is indeed a suggestion of class conflict between the tenants and their landlord—a recurring villain in Cossery’s fiction—whose downfall seems to be promised at the novel’s apocalyptic close

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