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Jackson, Holbrook (Editor) : To-Day. Vol. II. No. 10. December 1917

Holbrook Jackson, London, England, 1917

Original publisher's orange wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8." Pages 121-164, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Twenty-two additional pages of advertisements in the front and back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Covers have some wear and chipping along the edges and at the head and tail of the spine. Printed by The Complete Press. Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) was a British writer, publisher, and journalist. He was a prominent bibliophile in his time and worked with other leading figures in the literary field including A. R. Orage and George Bernard Shaw. During his career, Jackson took part in many literary and intellectual organizations such as the Leeds Arts Club, the Fabian Society, the Flying Fame Press, and the Pelican Press. In 1911, Jackson worked at T. P. O'Connor's T. P. Weekly, a literary newspaper. In 1914, he took over as editor and later bought the newspaper and changed it to his own magazine, To-Day. To-Day was published from 1917 to 1923 after which it merged with Life and Letters, a literary journal that was published until 1935. To-Day is a monthly literary magazine and includes a variety of features such as prose, essays, poetry, and artwork. Printed on the front cover: "This number of 'To-Day' contains poems by Sir William Watson, John Drinkwater, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Cecil Roberts, and Lord Howard de Walden; essays by Ernest Rhys, Eden Phillpotts, Bernard Lintot, and the editor; and a wood engraving by W. G. Raffe." The Contents are listed as the following: "Edward Thomas" [camera study] by Frederick H. Evans, "Editorials," "The Earth's Desire" by William Watson, "Town" by Holbrook Jackson, "The Moon" [wood engraving] by W. G. Raffe, "Bronwen" by Howard de Walden, "Some Dead Poets: A Causerie" by Ernest Rhys, "Sundaysight" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, "A Note of Interrogation" by Eden Phillpotts, "Moonlit Apples" by John Drinkwater, "The Old Master" by Cecil Roberts, "Two Jolly People of Normandy" by W. L. Randell, "Maxims and Precepts" by William Blake, "End Papers" by Bernard Lintot, and "Christmas Book Supplement." Introduction includes recommendations of war literature.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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