Stuart Cloete — Turning Wheels

London, Collins, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the author's debut novel, from South African writer Stuart Cloete. From the author's own library with hand-signed bookplate. First UK edition. From the author's own library with his own hand-signed bookplate. The author's debut novel. A controversial novel that was banned in South Africa where it scandalized the authorities. The story takes place in the mid-1800s when scattered wagon trains of stubborn Boer farmers set out on a Great Trek from the Cape Colony in South Africa to the Transvaal, seeking a place to settle free from English rule. The work expresses a negative view of Boer life and dealt with interracial love affairs. Written by Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete, a South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with chipping and loss to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges with the odd closed tear. Creasing to the extremities with sympathetic tape repairs to the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot to the page edges. Author's own and previous owner's bookplates to the front endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good Only.