Holbrook Jackson — Southward Ho! and Other Essays

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A family association copy of the first edition of this collection of essays on literature and book collecting by noted bibliophile Holbrook Jackson. The first edition of this work, part of Dent's 'Wayfarer's Library&apos.An association copy, with the inscription of Sibyl Yvette Rice, Jackson's niece, to the front free endpaper.A series of charming essays by Holbrook Jackson, collecting together twenty-six essays, which had originally been published in two earlier volumes, 'Romance and Reality', and 'All Manner of Folk&apos. For this volume, Jackson revised the essays, and added four which had never appeared in book form before.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Herbert Cole.By the journalist, writer, and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career, Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with back strip age toned. Shelf wear to back strip tail, light rubbing to back strip head. Front joint starting, as is rear joint tail, with boards firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Herbert Cole. Very Good .