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The Bookman: G. Bernard Shaw Number; Special Xmas Number 1927; Special Christmas Number 1927; and Special Christmas Number 1934
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1905-34. First edition. Paperback. A collection of three special Christmas numbers of 1917, 1927, and 1934 of 'The Bookman' each with its supplementary portfolio, as well as the G. Bernard Shaw number of 1905. The first edition of these Special Christmas number of 1917, 1927, and 1934 of The Bookman, a monthly magazine that ran from 1891 to 1934 published by Hodder and Stoughton. It contains a catalogue of the current publications, with reviews, advertisings, and numerous illustrations. Some of the contributors throughout the years included G. K. Chesterton, Guy Thorne, W.B. Yeats, Arthur Ransome, and Samuel Beckett among others.The special Christmas editions are complete with their own supplementary portfolios. Each volume includes four fully illustrated supplements to the rear: 'Art, Poetry, and Belle Lettres,' 'History, Biography and Travel,' 'Fiction and General Literature,' and 'Children's Books.' These special volumes include contributions by Augustine Birrell, James Agate, F. A. Mackenzie, Lewis Melville, A. E. Waite, Arthur Bryant, and others. This selection is comprised of :The G. Bernard Shaw Number of 1905, namely Vol. XXVIII No. 166. Illustrated in text throughout in monochrome. With contributions by H. Belloc, Thomas Seccombe, E. Rhys, and others. The Special Christmas number of 1917, complete with its portfolio containing three tipped in plates in colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, illustrating old English ballads. The volume includes sixteen full page plates in colour and in black and white as well as other numerous illustrations in text by various artists including Arthur Rackham, H. M. Brock, Muirhead Bone, Francis Dodd and others; and portraits of Sir Douglas Hair, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Earl Grey, and others. With an illustration tipped in 'Wild Life of the World ' by Richard Lydekker loose but present. The Special Christmas Number of 1927, with its portfolio comprised of six coloured portraits by Spy Junr. Collated, complete. Illustrated with twenty full page plates both in colour and in black and white, as well as numerous other illustrations in text by artists such as Frank C. Papé, William Walcot, Aubrey Beardsley, and James Clark. Some of the presentation plate portraits included are of John Bunyan, Francis Grierson, and Barry Pain, and other portraits by G. Bernard Shaw, Robert Lyn, John Drinkwater. The Bookman Christmas of 1934, with its portfolio 'An English Portfolio' by Frank Brangwyn, described by Eric Neville-Heaney and comprised of six coloured plates. Collated, complete. With twenty five full page plates both in colour and in black and white by various artists such as J. H. Dowd, Brenda E. Spender, W. R. S. Stott, and Clifford Webb, as well as numerous other illustrations in text. Complete with nine full page drawings of W B Yeats, John Buchan, Naomi Mitchison and others. Some plates are loose but present in this volume: Dowd and Spenser from "People of Importance," two W. R. S. Scott from "The History of Tom Jones," and two Clifford Webb from 'A Jungle Picnic."With numerous advertisements throughout. Each in the original publisher's wraps. In the original publisher's illustrated wraps. Externally sound with some shelf wear and edge wear, and a minor loss to the spine particularly to the 1917 and 1934 issues. With some chipping to each volume throughout and the occasional closed tear. The front wrap of the 1917 issue is slightly rubbed and slightly loose to the front joint. Internally, generally firmly bound with page 37 of the 1917 edition, as well as an illustration tipped in 'Wild Life of the World ' by Richard Lydekker and some plates from the 1934 issue: Dowd and Spenser from "people of Importance," two W. R. S. Scott from "The History of Tom Jones," and two Clifford Webb from 'A Jungle Picnic" are loose but present. The pages are generally bright and clean. Illustrated with numerous portraits, illustrations in text, and full page plates both in colour and in black and white. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .
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