The M.P.'s Garden of Verses. by Burnet, W. Hodgson - 1920

W.Westall, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Rough-cut pages. Glue stain to rear pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Noticeable staining, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1921. Book. Illus. by Black, T.C.. Poor. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1921 rare 1st edn h/b, 45pp in poor/fair cond, heavily foxed throughout esp early pages. Stiff board covers worn at corners and down blue cloth spine. Binding very firm. No markings. 1st class posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt..

London: W. Collins Sons & Co, 11921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. T.C. Black. A High-Georgian Parody, illustrated by T.C. Black, with 46 [2] pp. The setting of this parody is the House of Commons. Notes to the stanzas key the narrative both to events of the time and to--with some stretching--to Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat. Lloyd George's government and Northcliffe's journalistic support for it are pominent features behind this fictive version of reality. Two-color pictorial boards, with blue cloth backstrip. Moderate wearing to, scuffing of tips, edgesMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

W. Westall, London., [1920]. First edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Thomas Henry. Bernard Shaw and G.K. Chesterton feature in chapter 16, with a caricature of the two on one page. The author's name is misspelled on the spine. Some pages carelessly opened. Piece torn from top fore-corner of one leaf (not affecting text). Tea(?) stains to a few pages.Good.

A L Humphreys, London, 1920.. Good. 1920. Hardcover. hardback, square 8vo, 64pp, gift inscription from the author on endpaper (to Beryl), slight foxing, contents otherwise clean and sound, pictorial boards, covers rubbed and lacking half of spine backstrip; overall Good condition .

(London: Cassell: 1918) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 98. Illustrated by E.T. Reed. World War One anti-pacifist book, satirising conscientious objectors, and a general political satire on the conduct of the War, with a chapter devoted to 'Wily Winstun' and the Gallipoli and other debacles. First Edition. An ownership signature and date Sep 1922 at head of front free endpaper. Corners of boards rubbed, and one slightly chipped; a near fine copy.

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1918. First edition of Burnet's comedic parody of Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of children's tales, Just So Stories. Octavo, original stiff illustrated wrappers, illustrated by E. T. Reed. In very good condition.

London: The Office. 1912. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Edge wear on spine and front/rear panels. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

UK: A L Humphreys, 1920. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T C Black. 1st Edition 1920. Presentation inscription from the author on the inner page. Illustrated by T C Black. Book is very good with marked and rubbed boards. Light repair to spine tip. Boards marked/age toned Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18408