Scott (J.H. MacCallum) Eastern Journey
£75
London, Travel Book Club, 1939.
Travel Book Club edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
J.H. MacCallum Scott was a travel writer active in the late 1930s; the Travel Book Club was a subscription reprint imprint operating in the period.
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Ink name and blind stamp on front free endpaper; minor spotting to cloth at spine; jacket with a couple of minor chips but overall very good.
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