Rare first edition hardback.

Footprints, the memoirs of Sir Selwyn Selwyn Clarke.

1975 Sino-American press.

Tears on front and rear of dust jacket are shown in the photos.

This is the remarkable autobiography of a remarkable man. Born in 1893 the young Selwyn-Clarke was educated at Bedales before joining St Bartholomew's Hospital School as a student. After qualifying in 1916 he served in France during World War 1, and three years later was posted as a medical officer to Accra. He was the founder and first director of the Gold Coast Central Council Branch, British Red Cross society and, after taking over the health department in Nigeria in 1936, was asked by Sir Geoffrey Northcote to join him in Hong Kong. The years that followed culminated in the surrender of Hong Kong to the Japanese, and as head of the colony's medical department, Sir Selwyn dedicated himself to helping those in captivity until he himself was imprisoned in solitary confinement for nineteen months suffering appalling privations. After nine months recuperation leave in England Sir Selwyn returned to Hong Kong in 1946 until his appointment as Governor of the Seychelles the following year.