C. E. Montague; H. M. Tomlinson [intro.] — A Writer&Apos;S Notes on His Trade

London, Chatto and Windus , 1930. First edition. Cloth. An excellent limited edition of these essays written by English journalist and novelist, C. E. Montague. Limited to seven hundred numbered copies, signed by H. M. Tomlinson to the limitation page. This copy is number twenty-four. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original quarter cloth binding, with decorative paper covered boards. This series of essays explore the various complexities of the English language, including the origins and alterations to words such as 'morale', the method of leaving out vs putting in and the art of criticism. From Charles Edward Montague, an English journalist, short-story writer and essayist. With an introductory essay by H. M. Tomlinson. In the original quarter cloth, with decorative paper covered boards. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with marks to the wrap. With general edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with minor offsetting to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.