Minchin, H.Cotton (Editor)

The Legion Book

London, Cassell, 1929, hardcover. The first printing of this large tome of contributed articles, sold to raise money for the Royal British Legion. 234 pages, 9 x 11.5 inches, maroon cloth, deckle edges. Contributors include P.G. Wodehouse, John Galsworthy, Hugh Walpole, Hilaire Belloc, Edgar Wallace, Aldous Huxley, G K Chesterton, and Rudyard Kipling. Includes a short essay on Earl Haig by Churchill. Woods B12(b), Cohen B38.2 Crisp unworn copy, some browning to edges and endpapers and modest spine fading. Reprinted many times, the first printing is elusive. Item #20653

Price: $30.00