THE DARK EMPEROR.(SIGNED)

JOHN BEEVERS (WRITING AS JOHN CLAYTON)

Published by Privately Printed (By Carey And Claridge)., London,, 1945

About this Item

First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original publisher's wraps printed in maroon lettering on cover. pp 24. Poetry (some World War Two themes). Signed presentation from the author: 'To Billa from/ John Beevers/ These were written in/ a couple of months at the/ end of the war- an/ American is now showing/ some interest in them.' Billa= Lady Billa Harrod. No date, c.1945. John Beevers was born in 1911 in Yorkshire. He received his MA from Queens College in Cambridge in 1933, and began an extensive career in journalism, working with the BBC from 1941 to 1969. Although he privately wrote fiction and poetry, printing a volume of poems under the pseudonym John Clayton, he is best known for his biographies of Roman Catholic saints. He died in 1975. Very good indeed.

Seller Inventory # C103551

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DARK EMPEROR.(SIGNED)
• Publisher: Privately Printed (By Carey And Claridge)., London,
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signedes