circa mid 1900's - no publication date; illustrations by Edward Ardizzone; includes the original "The Heritage Club Sandglass" flyer (pic); The Heritage Press publishers, Cambridge; 761 pages; hardbound; very good condition of book; slipcase very good.
 
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The novel tells the story of Colonel Thomas Newcome, a virtuous and upstanding character. It is equally the story of Colonel Newcome's son, Clive, who studies and travels for the purpose of becoming a painter, although the profession is frowned on by some of his relatives and acquaintances—notably Clive's snobbish, backstabbing cousin Barnes Newcome.
 
Colonel Newcome goes out to India for decades, then returns to England where Clive meets his cousin Ethel. After years in England, the colonel returns to India for another several years and while he is there, Clive travels Europe and his love for Ethel waxes and wanes...