QUEER PARTNERS

313pp + 15pp., hardback, d.w. substantially torn,, edge foxing, foxing throughout, John Murray, London, 1930

From the dust wrapper:

“At the mouth of the Orange River, in territory once known as German South-West Africa, a treasure house of precious stones was recently discovered — diamonds scattered through the sands of a waterless desert. This new Atlantic reservoir drew adventurers from around the world, including the oddly matched pair at the heart of this story. Bound together by a love of adventure and a thirst for the unusual, they face fear, love, greed, hatred, a partner’s fortune, and a partner’s wife. This is a tale of action and the tangled motives that began — and ended — a contradictory alliance.”