The Camel. With three illustrations by the author

London: Constable, 1936. First edition. [12], 174, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Violet cloth. Some toning. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. First edition. [12], 174, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Another of Lord Berners’ whimsies of English village life, with the principal characters, the Vicar of Slumbermere church and his wife, drawn from his friends John and Penelope Betjeman, to whom the book is dedicated.
This copy is inscribed to Elsa Schiaparelli:

“Schiaparelli, from Berners, to be read in the clouds between England and France, June 13, 1938”. Atchick Box 20/wh/9/121