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Physical description: 217 p., plate: 1 col. port; 23 cm. Subjects: Collis, John Stewart 1900-1984. English miscellany Irish writers, 1900-1945. Collis, John Stewart Biographies. Genre: Autobiography.
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The most neglected master of English prose.--Arthur Calder-Marshall
About the Author
The son of a prosperous Dublin solicitor, John Stewart Collis (1900-1984) was educated at Rugby School and Balliol, Oxford. After a short time at theological college, he became a writer. His first book a critical study of George Bernard Shaw was published to wide acclaim. Unable to repeat this success, he spent the pre-war years living in poverty. His fortunes changed in 1940 when he became a farm labourer working on the land in Dorset and Sussex. These experiences were published as the classic 'The Worm Forgives the Plough'. In 1947, Collis talents were officially recognised when he won the Heinemann Foundation Award for Literature. He wrote biographies of Christopher Columbus, Havelock Ellis and Leo Tolstoy and is also celebrated for his works on natural phenomena in which he took a scientific subject and described it from the layperson s point of view. Full of curiosity for the things most of us take for granted, these are the works of which Collis was most proud. His imaginative autobiography, 'Bound Upon a Course', also reawakened interest in his earlier works and brought him belated recognition as a pioneer in the ecological movement."
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First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked, stained and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Minor browning to the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 217 p., plate: 1 col. port; 23 cm. Subjects: Collis, John Stewart 1900-1984. English miscellany Irish writers, 1900-1945. Collis, John Stewart Biographies. Genre: Autobiography. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 327180
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First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked, stained and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Minor browning to the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 217 p., plate: 1 col. port; 23 cm. Subjects: Collis, John Stewart 1900-1984. English miscellany Irish writers, 1900-1945. Collis, John Stewart Biographies. Genre: Autobiography. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 327180
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David Millward (illustrator). Contains inscription to previous owner and letter of thanks. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket soiled. Some staining on page edges. 'Bound Upon a Course' takes a generous glance at the life of the celebrated biographer, John Stewart Collis. In this autobiography, Collis recounts his difficult childhood in Ireland, his decision to write, the years spent on the cultural fringe in London, and his acquaintance with the literary personalities of Rose Macaulay, W B Yeats and T S Eliot. But it was his decision to work on the land in 1940, which marked a watershed in his career. These rural experiences shaped his philosophy and resulted in the undisputed classic 'The Worm Forgives the Plough'. Subtle, modest and acutely perceptive, this is an intriguing portrait of a man who was a unique synthesis of scientist, scholar and poet. Seller Inventory # 00047