1934 PHILIP GIBBS PARADISE FOR SALE Short Story Collection First Edition HC

Description: PARADISE FOR SALE And Other Little Novels By Philip Gibbs and published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London. There is no copyright date or any other printed date. All descriptions I have read of this book claim a 1934 printing although no date is present in any of the books. This book has a gift inscription dated 1934 on a blank preliminary page. There are thirteen short-stories--novelettes included in the book, “Paradise For Sale” being the first. From http://gadetection.pbworks.com: Sir Philip Gibbs (May 1, 1877 - March 10, 1962) was an English journalist and novelist who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. Two of his siblings were also writers, A. Hamilton Gibbs and Cosmo Hamilton, as was his son Anthony Gibbs. The son of a civil servant, Gibbs was born in London and received a home education and determined at an early age to develop a career as a writer. His debut article was published in 1894 in the Daily Chronicle; five years later he published the first of many books, Founders of the Empire. With tensions growing in Europe in the years immediately preceding 1914, Gibbs repeatedly expressed a belief that war could be avoided between the Entente and Central Powers. In any event, war broke out in Europe in August 1914 and Gibbs secured an early journalistic posting to the Western Front. It was not long however before the War Office in London resolved to 'manage' popular reporting of the war - i.e. via censorship - and Gibbs was denied permission to remain on the Western Front. Nevertheless stubbornly refusing to return Gibbs was duly arrested and sent home. Gibbs was not long out of official favour however. Along with four other men he was officially accredited as a wartime correspondent, his work appearing in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Chronicle. The price he had to pay for his accreditation was to submit to effective censorship: all of his work was to be vetted by C. E. Montague, formerly of the Manchester Guardian. Although unhappy with the arrangement he nonetheless agreed. Gibbs' wartime output was prodigious. He not only produced a stream of newspaper articles but also a series of books: The Soul of the War (1915), The Battle of the Somme (1917), From Bapaume to Passchendaele (1918) and The Realities of War (1920). In the latter work Gibbs exacted a form of revenge for the frustration he suffered in submitting to wartime censorship; published after the armistice The Realities of War painted a most unflattering portrait of Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief in France and Flanders, and his General Headquarters. Gibbs also published Now It Can Be Told (1920), an account of his personal experiences in war-torn Europe. DESCRIPTION: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches--320 pages CONDITION: This hard-cover book is in good condition--there is no dustjacket. The black cloth cover is a little soiled and spotted with some small dings in the spine, It shows light wear at the corners and spine ends. The spine is very slightly cocked. There is a penciled name and address on the front endpaper and the above mentioned gift inscription in ink on the next blank preliminary page.The interior is excellent with no names, marks, underlining, tears or odor. The paper is mildly toned with age and a little foxed--mostly at the beginning and end of the book. The interior is otherwise good with no other marks, underlining, tears or odor. The hinges and binding are very good with no loose or missing pages. BECAUSE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING IS FREE ON THE BOOKS I SELL, COMBINE THIS WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM MY EBAY STORE. I AM AN EXPERIENCED EBAY SELLER (23+ YEARS) AND SHIPPER WITH 100% (always!--since 1997!) FEEDBACK RATING. ALL ITEMS ARE CAREFULLY AND SECURELY PACKED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DANGER OF CRUSHING AND OR WATER/MOISTURE DAMAGE. ALL BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN STURDY BOXES WITH TRACKING AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE ALL OF THE BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS AND SIGNATURES ON BOOKS I SELL.

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