A Writer's Notes on His Trade by C. E. Montague - 1930

Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 1930. First Issued in Phoenix Library. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Introductory Essay by H. M. Tomlinson. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

New York: Kennikat Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Sticker remnant on front cover. .

Chatto and Windus, 1930. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Beige dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Scuffed paper remnants to front pastedown. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine and edges. Rubbed marking to surfaces.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1931. Hardcover, red cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Phoenix Library. 254 pages, endpapers spotted. Red & white dust jacket, spine sunned, somewhat fragile, chipped. Essays on the craft of writing, published posthumously.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 1930, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with very light edge wear. The neatly price clipped dust jacket is also in Good+ condition, with light edge wear, rubbing, and handling soil.

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1969 Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY. 1969. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1930 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light scattered scuffing to boards. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 253 pp 8vo. Charles Edward Montague (1867-1928) was an editor and journalist, with the Manchester Guardian from 1890 to 1925, apart from a break for his war service. This book was published from his notes posthumously. Introductory by H.M. Tomlinson who knew Montague in WWI. This is a collection of analytical essays which reflect Montague's work as a critic and his thoughts on writing. A clean very presentable copy.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1949. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. a copy that is about 50 years old, age toning of the page edges, and some handling marks. Please refer to the attached image. Previous owner's name at the top of the 1st page, couple of grubby marks, and one page not trimmed properly stop First Penguin Publication. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Books for Writers; Books on Books. Inventory No: 0262787. .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This edition has been printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. It consists of seven hundred numbered copies for sale and of fifty complimentary copies which are not numbered all signed by H. M. Tomlinson. The woodcut portrait of C. E. Montague on the title-page is by Percy Smith. This is No. 435. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Otherwise the book is in good condition.

Chatto and Windus, 1931. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

London: Penguin, 1949. Penguin first edition of the 1930 original - Pelican No.A219. Card covers, 192pp. Covers have light wear to extrems, some grubby marks, dusty, foxed page edges and prelims and yellowing pages. But otherwise internally clean and tight and a solid copy for its age. Ref:093283. First Penguin Edition. Card Covers. VG-/N/a. 11x18cm.