The Beach of Dreams [and] Cambrai: The Second Phase [and] What People Laugh At! [and] "Tickets, Please!" [and] The Official Mind [and] The Magnificent Ensign Smith [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 57, numbers 338 to 343.

VARIOUS; STACPOOLE, H. de V. (1863-1951); DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930); CHAPLIN, Charlie (1889-1977); LAWRENCE, D.H. (1885-1930); PAIN, Barry (1864-1928); WALLACE, Edgar (1875-1932), et al.

London: George Newnes, February 1919 to July 1919. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.[30] 77-162 [31-42]; pp.[34] 163-254 [35-46]; pp.[40] 255-346 [40-52]; pp.[40] 347-446 [41-52]; pp.[50] 447-546 [51-68]; pp.[48] 100 [49-64]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled and illustrated in dark blue and red, stapled twice, and priced at 1s. Presented in a navy fleece-lined quarter morocco clamshell box, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and blue cloth over sides. Internally clean, with browning to advertising leaves only. Covers lightly handled, but with heavy rubbing and some chipping to spines, including some careful repairs. Pencil ownerships to front covers of the first two issues. Very good. All six parts of Stacpoole's high-seas adventure, as well as numerous short pieces by authors including Doyle, Chaplin, Lawrence, Pain and Wallace. Item #59014

Price: £250.00