Denton Welch. The making of a writer mexico Publissher's green sand-grained cloth with

Publissher's green sand-grained cloth with gilt lettering to front

Number 54 of an edition of 200 copies

Marbled edges and pastedowns

first printing (with correct number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2)

First publication of this essay

Denton Welch. The making of a writer mexico Publissher's green sand-grained cloth withLondon: Viking, 1984. Biography of English writer and artist Denton Welch, who overcame a serious cycling accident, his struggles with accepting his homosexuality and an unsettled upbringing to become, in the words of Edith Sitwell, "that rare being, a born writer". Fine copy in hardback with the excellent dust jacket.