ARMSTRONG, MARTIN

THE BAZAAR and Other Stories

London, Jonathan Cape 1928, hb. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small 8vo, pp. 287. First published in 1924, and re-issued by Cape in 1928 in The Traveller's Library.
¶ Light shelf wear and very light discolouration to cloth on front board. Small photo (of author?) pasted down to title page. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper. A good plus, to very good, copy.

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Book number: 040360

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: BritLit

CONNOLLY, CYRIL

THE CONDEMNED PLAYGROUND/ESSAYS: 1927-1944

New York, MacMillan Co. 1946, 1st ed, 2nd pr, HB cloth. Ill.: Frontispiece of Connolly. Edges worn, bds. scuffed, contents clean; overall about good. 8vo, pp. xiii, 287.

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Book number: 007026

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: BritLit

DEACON, WILLIAM ARTHUR

POTEEN A Pot-Pourri of Canadian Essays

Ottawa, Graphic Publishers Ltd. 1926, 1st edition, hb cloth. Bds. a bit scuffed & soiled; else g/vg cond. (no dust jacket). Small 8vo, pp. 241. Includes a "Brief Survey of Canadian Literature", and "The First Histories of Canadian Literature."

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Book number: 008886

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: CanLit Anthologies

HERKLOTS, H. G. G.

PAPER AEROPLANES A Book of Essays

Cambridge, UK, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1931, 1st edition, hb cloth. Ill.: photo frontispiece. Spine & top of boards sunned, light shelf wear; else good+ cond. 8vo, pp. vi, 229. Essays on "On Sleeping Upstairs", Hot Milk", On Buying an Alarm Clock", "Gobstoppers", "On Eating in Trains", etc.
¶ Signed by the author on the half title page. No dust jacket.

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Book number: 035438

Catalogue: Essays

JERROLD, DOUGLAS

MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES and other Stories and Essays

Oxford, UK, Henry Frowde / Oxford U. P. , . Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Bound in original sultan-red leather & printed on opaque paper. 12mo, pp. xii, 438. Volume CXXII in "The World's Classics" series. Scarce in the publisher's original slipcase.
¶ With an Introduction by Walter Jerrold and 90 illustrations in the text. Board edges rubbed. Top of spine sl. pulled. Pages a bit rippled - small tide stain to top edge of text block. In good plus condition. Slipcase is rubbed at edges, else tight and in good plus condition.

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Book number: 039055

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: BritLit Bindings

MACHEN, ARTHUR

DOG AND DUCK A London Calendar Et Caetera

London, Jonathan Cape 1926, hb. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small 8vo, pp. 223, [1]. First published in 1924, and first reprinted in The Traveller's Library series in 1926.
¶ Light shelf wear and light scuffing to cloth. Former owner's bookplate on opposite front endpaper. A very good copy.

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Book number: 043235

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: BritLit

MACLENNAN, HUGH

SCOTCHMAN'S RETURN AND OTHER ESSAYS

Toronto, MacMillan of Canada 1960, hb. VG+/nf cond. DJ has 2" tear from lower right, chipped, else good. 8vo, pp. v, 279. A Canadian author who had one minor book success but, despite struggling, never quite "got it together" as a top-notch writer.

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Book number: 003792

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: Essays Canlit

MACTAVISH, NEWTON [ELLEN STAFFORD, ED.]

NEWTON MacTAVISH'S CANADA Selected Essays of Newton MacTavish

Toronto, Baxter Publishing Company 1963, hb. Ill.: Richard Taylor illustrations. Sl edgewear, name to ffep; vg in very sl chipped & soiled, vg dj. 8vo, pp. 176. "With humour, warmth and humanity these essays depicted a way of life far removed from our own.."

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Book number: 026456

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: Canadian history Canadiana CanLit Social history Humour

MENCKEN, H. L.

SELECTED PREJUDICES

London, Jonathan Cape 1927, hb. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small 8vo, pp. 256, ads. First reprinted in The Traveller's Library series in 1927; a second series was also published by Cape in the same year.
¶ Light shelf wear and light scuffing to cloth. Some lightly pencilled notes on last blank page (easily erased). Former owner's bookplate on opposite front endpaper. A good plus, to very good, copy.

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Book number: 043231

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: AmerLit

MENCKEN, H. L.

SELECTED PREJUDICES Second Series

London, Jonathan Cape 1927, hb. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small 8vo, pp. 223, ads. irst reprinted in The Traveller's Library series in 1927
¶ Light shelf wear and very light scuffing to cloth. Some lightly pencilled notes on last blank page (easily erased). Former owner's bookplate on opposite front endpaper. A good plus, to very good, copy.

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Book number: 043229

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: AmerLit

MURRY, JOHN MIDDLETON

THE EVOLUTION OF AN INTELLECTUAL

London, Jonathan Cape 1927, hb. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small 8vo, pp. 223, ads. First published [anonymously?] in 1920, and first reprinted in The Traveller's Library series in 1927.
¶ Murray (1889-1957) was a prolific English writer, essayist, critic, and editor. He produced more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics and religion. As a critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband; and for his friendships with D. H. Lawrence, and (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Light shelf wear and light scuffing to cloth. Former owner's bookplate on opposite front endpaper. A very good copy.

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Book number: 043236

Catalogue: Essays

Keywords: BritLit