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Jackson, Holbrook (Editor) : To-Day. Vol. V. No. 28. June 1919

Holbrook Jackson, London, England, 1919

Original publisher's white wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8." Pages 121-160, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Eighteen additional pages of advertisements in the front and back. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. 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 Theodore Maynard, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Alec Waugh, Ralph Mottram, and C. W. Shepherd; essays by Eden Phillpotts, Gilbert Thomas, Douglas Ainslie, Sydney Grew, Bernard Lintot, and the editor; and a camera portrait of Sir Edward Elgar by Histed." The Contents are listed as the following: "Sir Edward Elgar. A Camera Portrait" by Histed, "Editorials," "The Ridge" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, "The Advantage of Being Prejudiced" by Holbrook Jackson, "The Boaster" by Theodore Maynard, "Candlelight" by E. E. Mannin, "Maxims and Precepts" by James Clarence Mangan, "The Bounder" by Eden Phillpotts, "Sir Edward Elgar" by Sydney Grew, "Rubble" by Alec Waugh, "Talkers and Conversationalists" by Douglas Ainslie, "The Crown Inn" by C. W. Shepherd, "Foreign Lands" by Gilbert Thomas, "Summer Dawn" by Ralph Mottram, "Letters to the Editor," "Books of the Month," and "End Papers: The Smallwares of Literature" by Bernard Lintot.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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