Beau Geste

London: John Murray. c.1924. Edition: Edition-de-Luxe. Limited edition: 32 of 1000., Binding: contemporary quarter red cloth over blue cloth board, title in black ink on brown paper label on flat spine, light brown dust jacket, red ink title on the upper board and spine of the dust jacket, uncut. , Notes: Beau Geste is an adventure novel by P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Although written in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I. It has been adapted for the screen several times.

Percival Christopher Wren (1875–1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa.
, Size: Quarto (4to.), , Illustration: Edition-de-Luxe.
Limited edition: 32 of 1000, signed by author.

, Category: Book Literature. A very good copy. Item #B6097

Edition: Edition-de-Luxe. Limited edition: 32 of 1000., Binding: contemporary quarter red cloth over blue cloth board, title in black ink on brown paper label on flat spine, light brown dust jacket, red ink title on the upper board and spine of the dust jacket, uncut. , Notes: Beau Geste is an adventure novel by P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Although written in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I. It has been adapted for the screen several times.

Percival Christopher Wren (1875–1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa.
, Size: Quarto (4to.), , Illustration: Edition-de-Luxe.
Limited edition: 32 of 1000, signed by author.

, Category: Book Literature.

Price: $750.00

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