Privately Published in London at the Curwen Press (for the British Legion), 1929. Size Royal 4to, pp. Xiv, 242 + inserted plates & colophon. Limited to 600 Copies, with this copy being numbered 177. Signed on the limitations page by H. Collotype plates to the rear of the book, one being the original study for the famous WWI painting’Gassed’. Published to raise funds for the British Legion under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII. Bound in the original orange cloth, some marking, fading to the spine and spine edges, corners and spine ends bumped. Top edge gilt, fore and lower edges untrimmed. Pages lightly toned, the odd spot here and there, but generally in good order. Includes pieces by Rudyard Kipling, Aldous Huxley, P G Wodehouse, G K Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Edmund Blunden, Edgar Wallace, Sapper, Walter de la Mare and others. Illustrated by Eric Gill, Edward Bawden and more. Callotype plates by Charles Whittingham & Griggs, London. Line blocks made by Emery Walker Limited, London. Text set in Lutetia Monotype. PACKED WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF 2KG. Editor’s Note / James Humphrey Cotton Minchin — Memorable days / John Galsworthy — Scarlatt / Hugh Walpole — The English way / Rudyard Kipling — Earl Haig / Winston S. Churchill — Thomas Atkins / Edgar Wallace — Debtors who have short memories / Arnold Bennett — The window / Robet Bridges — History / Laurence Binyon — Pussycat Pennefather / Margaret Kennedy — The cicadas / Aldous Huxley — Colonel Beech’s bear / David Garnett — Du côté de chez Renard / Henry Newbolt — Wilt thou leave me thus? Coppard — The muse absent / J. Squire — The door / Storm Jameson — Disentangling old Percy / P. Wodehouse — Uncle Wat / by John Drinkwater — From the serenade to the amaryllis / Gilbert Murry — A postscript / Edmund Blunden — To St. Michael, in time of peace / by G. Chesterton — On prophets / Hilaire Belloc — Veni Creator! / Humbert Wolfe — This bantam star / W. Davies — Up from Gigal / by Sarah Gertrude Millin — Caribbean waters / F. Tennyson Jesse — The Scotch rhapsody from’Façade’ / Edith Sitwell — Elegy / Rebecca West — Forever and forever / Bliss Carman — Sussex revisited / Sheila Kaye-Smith — Black tarn / V. Sackville-West — The three numbers / Sapper pseud. Of Herman Cyril Mcneile — The image / Walter de la Mare — The Prince consort / Reginald Berkeley. Check out the other items in my. Please base your DSR for Dispatch time on this, and not the transit time, which is out of my control. Items are described as accurately as possible, but if you think I have overlooked anything please drop me a line. This excludes foxing, previous owner’s names or inscriptions, etc. Any negative points, such as missing or torn pages are usually noted on the relative listing. As the old saying goes “If you like what we are doing, tell others, if you don’t, tell us”. NO Foreign Currency or bank transfers. Please note that most items are not able to be sent to PO Boxes by UK Couriers. New: A new book, never used. Fine (F) : Should have no flaws, a perfect copy of a used book. Mint: Another term for Fine. Near Fine (NF): May show a small flaw, such as shelf wear, but nearly perfect and unread. Very Good (VG): The broadest category for used books, this describes any average used book. May have small flaws, and has probably been read, but should appear overall clean and attractive. Good (G): Will probably have significant wear or damage, although is still intact. Suitable for reading, but not necessarily a good gift copy. The old saying in bookselling is good ain’t good. Fair : Another term for Poor or Reading Copy: Heavily worn or damaged, a poor book will be readable but not attractive. Binding Copy: This may or may not be the complete pages of the book, but the binding has been broken or damaged to the point it will need professional rebinding. OTHER INSTRUCTIONS – If paying with a cheque or postal order please make payable to’A BROWN’ and not blofieldbooks.
