x 268 pages, indexed, illustrated, annotated, bibliography, family tree. Second printing. The jacket is lightly bumped; previous owner's name covered with whiteout and the pages are tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. "Martin Boyd, the Anglo-Australian novelist and member of the famous family of artists, possessed a complex personality - witty, generous, sociable, yet deeply reserved. Brenda Niall traces his development and life from pre-World War I Melbourne to England and Italy."