Oliver Elton — C.E. Montague a Memoir

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating memoir of the English journalist Charles Edward Montague by Oliver Elton, illustrated with eight black and white plates. A first edition copy. Charles Edward Montague was an English journalist, known also as a writer of novels and essays. Oliver Elton was an English literary scholar whose works include 'A Survey of English Literature (1730 - 1880)' in six volumes, criticism, biography, and translations from several languages including Icelandic and Russian. With bookseller's label to rear pastedown. In a cloth binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities, rubbing and occasional marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean but with spotting to text block edges and slight foxing to endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .