Arthur Llewelyn Matthison THE SUN SHINES ON WOOLVERTON First Edition Signed
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Arthur Llewelyn Matthison THE SUN SHINES ON WOOLVERTON First Edition Signed
First edition, first print hardback of THE SUN SHINES ON WOOLVERTON - Essays and Sketches, by Arthur Llewelyn Matthison and published by Cornish Brothers Ltd., Birmingham in 1957. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper.The book is in good condition (Clean mustard yellow colour cloth boards and red lettering on the spine) with some wear to the yellow paper dust jacket which is not price clipped (some creasing to the edges, some chipping to corners and the spine edges, small closed tears to top spine corners, slight creasing along the folding edge at the front, slight fading to the spine and around the edges at the back and some foxing in parts). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions. There is some foxing and tanning to the first and last few pages and page ends.
Some of the other published books by Arthur Llewelyn Matthison:
Elephants on the Stratford Road, and Other Essays and Sketches; In reply to yours; Tin plate decoration and the lacquering of food containers (Technical); Death in the cemetery; Art, Paint and Vanity (Autobiography); Nothing About Paint (Autobiography); Less Paint, More Vanity (Autobiography); Bulllocks at Stamford Fair: and other sketches; Ladies Long Loved and Other Essays; More Than Ever; A Concerted Tragedy in One Horror; 'This desirable residence'; Brave New World - A Comedy
"There is absolutely nothing about Woolverton in this book, but plenty of sun shines on the variety of essays and sketches included.
The subjects dealt with contain interesting reminiscences of the Theatre; Physical Culture; Birmingham in the 70's and 80's; the Postal Telegraph Service; the Varnish and Paint Industry; Broadcasting; Socialism in the making; Osculation; and many other attractive matters which dealt with the author's usual entertaining manner."
100 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 black & white photograph plates.
ISBN: n/a
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