Mainly on the Air
1946, First Edition. London : William Heinemann Ltd. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; Bookplate of Katherine Elizabeth Lewis, signed and inscribed to her ("Katey") by the author ("Max"). Item #469188
Physical description; 132 pages ; 21 cm. Contents; [1.] Broadcasts: London revisited (1935) – Speed (1936) – A small boy seeing giants (1936) – Music halls of my youth (1942) – Advertisements (1942) – Playgoing (1945) – [2.] Other things: A note on the Einstein theory (1923) – From Bloomsbury to Bayswater (1940) – Old Carthusian memories (1920) – The top hat (1920) – Fenestralia (1944) – T. Fenning Dodworth (1922). Subjects; English literature – 20th century. Essays. Radio broadcasts.
Price: €695.00