- A Collection of Handwritten Extracts

None, None, 1938 . First edition. Leather. A unique collection of handwritten extracts and notes from various works, written between May and October 1938. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with marbled boards.A collection of extracts and notes from various works, handwritten, between May and October 1938. With a handwritten pagination of 141 pages. Comprised of a wide array of extracts, including a poem from the Observer entitled "The Slave", a letter written by St. John Ervine printed in The Times, extracts from the autobiographies of Thomas Wright of Olney and G. K. Chesterton, Arnold Bennett"s "Literary Taste", Kurt London"s "The Seven Soviet Arts", "The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay", "The Torrington Diaries", Miguel de Unamuno"s "The Tragic Sense of Life", a list of the Sovereigns of France, and poetry from a number of different authors, including Winthrop Young, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Hayman. With a woodcut by Robert Gibbings and a newspaper cutting of Merchant Adventurers" Hall.Written in blank ink with the occasional margin notes in red ink. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and boards. Number '15' label to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, written very neatly in blank ink with the occasional notes in red ink. Author's note detailing the dates written to the rear of the work. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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