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Published by [London] : Readers Union, 1940
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book Club Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Melbourne, William Lamb Viscount 1779-1848. Lamb, Caroline Lady 1785-1828. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.
Published by [London] : Readers Union, 1940
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book Club Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Melbourne, William Lamb Viscount 1779-1848. Lamb, Caroline Lady 1785-1828. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg.
Published by Published by William Collins 14 St. James's Place, London Second Edition . 1942., 1942
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue and creamy white paper covered boards. 8vo. 9'' x 6½''. Contains 48 printed pages of text with 8 colour plates and 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Ink message to the title leaf 'Bayham Abbey Estate, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 9th August 1943.' Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 3s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITAIN IN PICTURES.
Published by Published by William Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition 1941., 1941
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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First edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue and creamy white paper covered boards. 8vo. 9'' x 6½''. Contains 48 pp with 12 colour plates and 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs to the tips and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITAIN IN PICTURES.
Published by 24 May On letterhead of 7 Linton Road Oxford, 1954
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An interesting letter, revealing some of Cecil's views on the art of writing. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Vere Henry Collins (1872-1966), was an author and grammatical stickler, and Cecil has clearly been on the receiving end of a ticking off. 2pp, 4to. On grey paper. In fair condition, lightly aged, with creasing and a short closed cut at the foot. He begins by stating that he found Collins s letter very interesting : I take a great interest in the small points of style. He agrees with some of Collins s strictures , in particular that about the exclamation mark. As a matter of fact I didn t put any exclamation marks, they were put in by the newspaper. However, I am partly responsible, for I didn t notice them in the hurry of looking through the proof at the last minute. He responds to another question of punctuation, before stating: I do not take the view that no sentence should begin with and . It may be necessary to begin one with and , in order to convey the precise modulation of thought in the mind of the author. He continues: You are wrong in thinking "whether or not" unnecessary. I wished to give the impression of the controversy raging in the Norton household - with Caroline saying the children should go to stay with her brother, and George Norton maintaining that they should not do so - this could not be conveyed so well by simply using the word "whether". He proceeds to explain his disagreement with Collins s point regarding consternated , commenting: I note that you quote Fowler [H. W. Fowler, author of Modern English Usage ] as an authority. Believe me, he is no such thing. His books are lively and vigorous, but they reveal him as a man who does not understand much about the art of writing. Almost every rule he propounds has been broken by great writers. After conceding Collins s points on slips in punctuation , he concludes: You are surely right to protest against slipshod writing; but you should remember that the writing of English is a flexible art. The letter carries numerous pencil annotations by Collins, including - concerning the point about sentences beginning with and - Nor do I nor does any sensible person . And on the question of Fowler: No argument. There is not a glaring error in grammar or style of which an example could not be found in a famous writer. The quality of their [?], like Homer, nods. .