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Jackson, Holbrook (Editor) : To-Day. Vol. II. No. 9. November 1917

Holbrook Jackson, London, England, 1917

Original publisher's orange wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8." Pages 81-120, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Twenty-six 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 John Galsworthy, Alec Waugh, and Robert Nichols; essays by Ernest Newman, Eugene Mason, Bernard Lintot, and the editor; and drawings by Paul Nash, Joseph E. Southall, and Arthur J. Gaskin." The Contents are listed as the following: "Mr. John Drinkwater" [drawing] by Joseph E. Southall, "Editorials," "Wood Fires" by Holbrook Jackson, "The Wine of the World" by Alec Waugh, "Mr. John Drinkwater" by Eugene Mason, "Mr. John Drinkwater's Cottage in Cotswolds" [drawing] by Paul Nash, "Is There a Modern English Music?" by Ernest Newman, "Pitiful" by John Galsworthy, "The Pied Piper of Yorkshire," "Recollections" by Robert Nichols, "Maxims and Precepts" by S. T. Coleridge, "Books of the Month," and "End Papers" by Bernard Lintot. Also of note is an introduction that talks about World War I.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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