Holbrook Jackson — The Eternal Now

London, David Nutt, 1900 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Holbrook Jackson's first poetry collection. A remainder copy, inscribed to Jackson's brother. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, inscribed to his brother, John Charles Jackson, with 'J.C. Jackson from Holbrook Jackson&apos. He has additionally written 'this is the first & only edition in a new cover. Bound up from remainder sheets [..] the copies in this form still remained unsold&apos.'The Eternal Now' is the debut volume of poems by Holbrook Jackson, published whilst he was still working in the lace trade in Leeds.The other verse in this anthology include 'The Sky-Lark's Song', 'The Travail of Truth', 'Immortal Nights', 'Life', 'The Approach of Summer', 'Day-Dreams', 'Time', 'The Call', 'To F. J. R.', 'Rhapsody', and 'L'Envoi&apos. 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 Claude Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Light fading to back strip and wrap perimeters. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .