Daniel George — To-Morrow Will Be Different

London, Pharos, [1932] . Cloth. A scarce copy of this modernist free-verse work by Daniel George, with its original dust wrapper and a letter from Mervyn Horder, the Managing Director of Duckworth's. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with the original clipped dust wrapper.First cheap edition. This copy is undated, dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at the British Library.With a loosely inserted letter, previously affixed to the front free endpaper, from (Thomas) Mervyn Horder, 2nd Baron Horder, publisher and Managing Director of Duckworth"s. On Gerald Duckworth & Co. headed paper, dated 20 January 1949, he notes: "I can"t find any publication date on it, which always annoys me. Yours ever, Mervyn."A modernist-leaning work composed in a fluid, free-verse style, presenting a sequence of loosely connected reflections on contemporary life. Contemporary reviews to the dust wrapper note its "amusing comment on contemporary life" and its candid rendering of a "typically modern personality." In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One small mark to front board. Offsetting from tape to front free endpaper from previously affixed letter. Previous owner's discreet ink inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1949. One or two light spots and handling marks to endpapers. Dust wrapper, sound. Price-clipped with trimming to corners of flaps. Discolouration and soiling to wraps, more so to perimeters. Slight edge wear to extremities resulting in the odd small chip, closed tear, and crease to extremities. One or two spots and handling marks to wraps. Slight damp staining to lower perimeters. Light scattered spotting to edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. One or two light spots to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.