It was one of Dumas' characters, I believe, who said: "I do not apologize-I explain." The purpose of this brief preface is to explain the many imperfections which of necessity appear in this volume. It was at a dance after Armistice, given by American officers in the Palace Hotel, London, that I met a young lady who had landed from New York two days previously. "My goodness!" she said, "they don't have any furnaces in their houses here; and I've been trying all day to buy some rubbers, and no one knew what I meant. My ...
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It was one of Dumas' characters, I believe, who said: "I do not apologize-I explain." The purpose of this brief preface is to explain the many imperfections which of necessity appear in this volume. It was at a dance after Armistice, given by American officers in the Palace Hotel, London, that I met a young lady who had landed from New York two days previously. "My goodness!" she said, "they don't have any furnaces in their houses here; and I've been trying all day to buy some rubbers, and no one knew what I meant. My goodness! but they're backward over here." I looked at her face and recognized the joyful mania of the explorer. She was "discovering" England.
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Good. pp.338 clean tight copy tanning to text pages frontpiece cut out, blue cloth covers show bumping to top/bottom spine and corners slightly soiled covers Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. This copy has a very tight binding with clean unmarked pages. previous owners inscription on the FFEP.....blue cloth cover, light edge wear.
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Very Good. Association copy, inscribed to Lord Beaverbrook on the blank page before the preface. Second printing: '(2)' on final page of text. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt. Spine toned and rubbed; spine ends a bit worn; bit of sticker residue on spine; minor blemish on front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. xii, 337, [1] pages. Baxter's first book, a collection of five short stories, inscribed ''To Lord Beaverbrook / with many kindly / memories of his / courtesies to the / author. / A. Beverley Baxter''. Baxter and Beaverbrook, both Canadians by birth, had met in 1919 and maintained a significant working association for three decades. In January 1920, Beaverbrook called Baxter back to England to work for the London Daily Express. Later that year, Beaverbrook wrote the foreword to Baxter's second book, the novel The Parts Men Play, in which he pays regard to The Blower of Bubbles. The Blower of Bubbles, issued in the January of 1920 in the United States, was already into its second edition by February (ref: Columbus Dispatch, Feb 29, 1920). Arthur Beverley Baxter (1891-1964) was a journalist, theatre critic and British MP. He wrote parts of The Blower of Bubbles while serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Following the war, he returned to London to work for Beaverbrook, becoming the managing editor of the Sunday Express in 1922 and of the Daily Express in 1924, and then serving as its editor-in-chief, 1929-1933. During World War II, he was appointed by Beaverbrook to the Ministry of Aircraft Production to the control of factory co-operation in manufacturing. In 1942, Beaverbrook appointed him to another newspaper position, this time as theatre critic for the Evening Standard, a position he maintained until 1951. Both men passed away in the spring of 1964. [add'l ref: The Bookman, December, 1920. 'The Bookman Gallery: Arthur Beverley Baxter, ' p. 101-103].
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