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Jackson, Holbrook (Editor) : To-Day. Vol. VI. No. 36. February 1920

Holbrook Jackson, London, England, 1920

Original publisher's white wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8." Pages 201-240, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Fourteen 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 Eden Phillpotts, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Richard Church, Gilbert Thomas, Douglas Ainslie, and Richard Aldington; essays by Eugene Mason, Sydney Walton, Claude Tessier, Sisley Huddleston, James Dale, Bernard Lintot, and the editor; and a caricature of Sir Henry Wood by Edmond X. Kapp." The Contents are listed as the following: "Sir Henry Wood Conducting at Queen's Hall" [frontispiece] by Edmond X. Kapp, "Editorials," "National Poets and a National Memorial" by Holbrook Jackson, "The Unfed" by Stephen Southwold, "Maxims and Precepts" by Vauvenargues, "The Little Foe" by Richard Church, "Mr. James Stephens" by Eugene Mason, "In the Palace Garden" by Richard Aldington, "Eyes" by Claude Tessier, "A Cleric's Candlestick" by Sydney Walton, "When I Am Old" by Gilbert Thomas, "The" by Douglas Ainslie, "The Spirit of the Looking-glass" by James Dale, "The Kittiwake" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, "The Poet in the Cafe" by Sisley Huddleston, and "End Papers: Libraries of Living Books" by Bernard Lintot.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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