Travelling Back. The Memoirs of Sir Walter Crocker
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1981.
Octavo, viii, 222 pages plus 8 pages of plates.
Papered boards lightly rubbed at the extremities; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper (lightly sunned and slightly rubbed).
The half-title is signed by the author, Sir Walter Russell Crocker (1902-2002), a career diplomat. 'His first posting was as High Commissioner to India. Later he served as Ambassador to Indonesia (1955-56), High Commissioner to Canada (1956-58) and another stint as High Commissioner to India (1958-62). He retired in 1970 as Australian Ambassador to Italy, having, in the intervening years, also served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Belgium (1962-65) and Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya (1965-67)' (Obituaries Australia).
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