C. K. S. An Autobiography

London: Privately printed for Mrs. C.K.Shorter by Constable & Company, 1927. First. Near Fine. A near fine copy of this very scarce autobiography of an important British journalist and critic Red cloth with Titles on paper label on spine Just the slightest sunning on edges Text is completely unmarked and undamaged, with the only flaw being that the glassine protective sheet on the frontis portrait is tearing loose Overall as nearly perfect a copy as can be imagined for such an old and scarce book

From Wikipedia:

CKS - Clement King Shorter (1857 â€" 1926) was a British journalist and literary critic

An important influence on the English pictorial press, in 1891 he became editor of the Illustrated London News By 1893, he had founded and edited Sketch In 1900, he founded Sphere, which he edited up until his death in 1926 During this time, Shorter maintained writing his controversial weekly column, "A Literary Letter" He described the content of the two papers he edited during this time (first, The Sphere, and shortly thereafter, The Tatler) as "on more frivolous lines" In addition to founding Sketch and The Sphere, he was also the founder of The Tatler

It is difficult to separate Shorter's career as an author and critic from his hobby of collecting manuscripts, books, and other materials related to his favorite authors He was an avid collector, particularly focusing on the works of the Brontë sisters This collecting and research eventually led to some of his most well-known works, including two books about Charlotte Brontë, and two books about the Brontë family Shorter additionally edited Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë in 1899 Shorter's own works of literary criticism include The Brontës and their Circle (1896), Immortal Memories (1907), The Brontës: Life and Letters (1908), and George Borrow and his Circle (1913)

Shorter also wrote multiple books about Napoleon, two about George Borrow, as well as a volume of addresses and essays His last published work was C K S: an Autobiography, which was edited by JM Bulloch, and published posthumously, in 1927

176 pp.