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Jackson, Holbrook (Editor) : To-Day. Vol. III. No. 16. June 1918

Holbrook Jackson, London, England, 1918

Original publisher's yellow wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8." Pages 121-160, 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. 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, Theodore Maynard, Hermon Ould, Flight-Lieut. Branford, J. D. Gleeson, Fitzroy N. Griffin, and H. M. Waithman; essays by C. E. Lawrence, Clifford Bax, W. L. Randell, Arnold Gyde, F. W. Ferguson, Bernard Lintot, and the editor; and a camera study of Mr. Herbert Trench by Alvin Langdon Coburn." The Contents are listed as the following: "Herbert Trench. A Camera Study" by Alvin Langdon Coburn, "Editorials," "June" by Eden Phillpotts, "On Being Original" by Holbrook Jackson, "The Wine-Presser" by H. M. Waithman, "Air Ways" by Flight-Lieut. F. V. Branford, "Maxims and Precepts" by Coventry Patmore, "The Work of Herbert Trench" by W. L. Randell, "First Hate" by Hermon Ould, "On Unrhymed Verse" by Clifford Bax, "An Epigram" by Fitzroy N. Griffin, "The Asylum of the Universe" by C. E. Lawrence, "Folly" by Theodore Maynard, "Concerning a Norfolk Jacket" by F. W. Ferguson, "Those Others" by Arnold Gyde, "A Dream" by J. D. Gleeson, "Books of the Month," and "End Papers" by Bernard Lintot.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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