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Jackson, Holbrook (Editor) : To-Day. Vol. V. No. 30. August 1919

Holbrook Jackson, London, England, 1919

Original publisher's white wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8." Pages 201-240, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Sixteen 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. Slight rubbing on front cover. 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 Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, W. K. Seymour, Stephen Southwold, Richard Church, P. Selver, and R. A. Foster-Melliar; essays by Clifford Bax, Douglas Ainslie, W. L. Randell, M. M. Johnson, Claude Tessier, Bernard Lintot, and the editor; and a camera portrait of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson by Emery Walker." The Contents are listed as the following: "Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Camera Portrait" by Emery Walker, "Editorials," "Quiet" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, "The Poetry of A. E. Housman" by Holbrook Jackson, "Maud" by R. A. Foster-Melliar, "On Opera" by Clifford Bax, "Squirrels" by M. M. Johnson, "Beauty" by Stephen Southwold, "Talkers and Conversationalists. III." by Douglas Ainslie, "Maxims and Precepts" by Oscar Wilde, "Widecombe of the Fair" by Wilfrid L. Randell, "London Morning" by P. Selver, "Waiting" by Claude Tessier, "Star-Worship" by Richard Church, "Siesta" by William Kean Seymour, "Books of the Month," and "End Papers: Professor Saintsbury's Finale" by Bernard Lintot.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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