Try Anything Once

The Autobiography of a Wanderer

by Frank Clune

Angus and Robertson, 1947, [First Edition], hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, age toned pages, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping, small tears and discolouration  (see photographs)

“In poverty and prosperity – sometimes experiencing both in the same week – at sea, on land, at [peace, or at war, his humour never deserts him, and he has done some of the quickest thinking on record to get out of tight corners.  He has cultivated the art of running away at the right moment and of capturing the flying opportunity, of which most of us see the back only to such perfection that in these days of temporary loss of courage and initiative Try Anything Once is a textbook for youth…”

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