Author: BUTLER, MOLLIE
Title: August and Rab - a Memoir
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297791478). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG+ unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A captivating memoir which describes an unusually full and adventurous life, shared for the most part with two famous men; the Arctic explorer August Courtauld and the stateman R.A. (Rab) Butler. Mollie Montgomerie became engaged in 1930 to her childhood friend August Courtauld, their honeymoon was spent camel trekking in the remote Sudan, and she was one of the first women to visit eastern Greenland and raised six children. Following the death of her first husband she married Rab Butler, whose late first wife was Sydney Courtauld. 30 illustrations. NOT EX LIB C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Biography, August Courtauld, Rab Butler, Greenland, Sudan, English Politicians 0297791478


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