The Legion Book / Edited By H. Cotton Minchin Minchin, Humphrey Cotton

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Light staining to the panel edges. Light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 234 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm. Notes; Collection of English prose and verse. "First printed, September 1929"--Title page verso. Kipling's poem "The English way," p. 18-20, published for the first time. Cf. Stewart. Contains index present. Contents; Memorable days, by J. Galsworthy. -- Scarlatt, by H. Walpole. -- The English way, by R. Kipling. -- Earl Haig, by W.S. Churchill. -- Thomas Atkins, by E. Wallace. -- Debtors who have short memories, by A. Bennett. -- The widow, by R. Bridges. -- History, by L. Binyon. -- Pussycat Pennefather, by M. Kennedy. -- The Cicadas, by A. Huxley. -- Colonel Beech's bear, by D. Garnett. -- Du côté de chez Renard, by H. Newbolt. -- Wilt thou leave me thus? by A.E. Coppard. -- The muse absent, by J.C. Squire. -- The door, by S. Jameson. -- Disentangling old Percy, by P.G. Wodehouse. -- Uncle Wat, by J. Drinkwater. -- From the Serenade to Amaryllis, by G. Murray. -- A postscript, by E. Blunden. -- To St. Michael, in time of peace, by G.K. Chesterton. -- On prophets, by H. Belloc. -- Veni creator! by H. Wolfe. -- This Bantam star, by W.H. Davies. -- Up from Gilgal, by S.G. Millin. -- Caribbean waters, by F.T. Jesse. -- The Scotch rhapsody from 'Façade', by E. Sitwell. -- Elegy, by R. West. -- Forever and forever, by B. Carman. -- Sussex revisited, by S.K. Smith. -- Black tarn, by V.S. West. -- The three numbers, by Sapper. -- The image, by W. De La Mare. -- The prince consort, by R. Berkeley. Subjects; Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874-1936 Caricatures and cartoons. British Legion. Royal British Legion. 1900-1999. English literature 20th century. Illustration of books Great Britain 20th century. 1 Kg.