The Lyre & The Lotus by Islay Lyons 1930 one of the crew

one of the crew

As Roger Angell wrote in her obituary in The New Yorker: "She was

dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing (see photographs)

it was renamed The Adelaide Philosophical Society in 1853 and when the title of "Royal" was granted by Her Majesty

Random House

The Lyre & The Lotus by Islay Lyons 1930 one of the crewThe Lyre & The Lotus by Islay Lyons The Harvill Press, 1968 [First Edition], illustrated end papers (maps, hardcover, dust jacket Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dust jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with small chips and tears to edges, small repaired tears, some rubbing and creasing (see photographs) "At Ostia, in old age and prosperity, Galen records the memories of