Complete Collection of Francis Brett Young's Works and Biographies. Includes a letter from the author [47 items]
Language: English
Published by Published by Heinemann, Collins, Cassell, Francis Brett Young Society, Seren 1922-1997, London and Bridgend, 1922
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Novels: Undergrowth (first edition thus 1925) popular edition Cassell; Deep Sea Pocket edition No date Pocket edition Collins with dust jacket; The Dark Tower (second impression 1922); Iron Age circa 1930 no date dust jacket Cassell; The Crescent Moon (first edition 1925) Collins; The Tragic Bride No date Cassell; The Red Knight (reprint 1922) Collins (poor spine); Cold Harbour (1924 Collins 1st edition) no end paper; Woodsmoke (1924 Collins 1st edition) (front of D/J pasted to endpaper); Sea Horses (3/6 edition 1927) Cassell (stained); The Key of Life (new impression 1929) Heinemann; Jim Redlake (reprint 1933) ; The Redlakes (1st edition 1930) Harper and Brothers ; Mr and Mrs Pennington (first edition 1931); This Little World (first edition 1934) signed to title page ; White Ladies (first edition 1935); Far Forest (First edition 1936) ; They Seek A Country (first edition 1937 ); City of Gold (first edition 1939) ex library (poor condition); Mr Lucton’s Freedom (1st edition 1940) Heinemann ; A Man About the House (1942 1st edition) Heinemann . Short Stories: Cotswold Honey (1st edition 1940) Heinemann with Dust jacket; The Cage Bird (1st edition 1933). Poetry : The Island (first edition 1944); Poems 1916-1918 (Collins 1st edition 1919) with errata slip, quarter cloth boards. Children’s Stories: The Christmas Box no date Illustrated by KayAmbrose with dust jacket, second copy no date no dust jacket (poorer copy). Miscellaneous: Portrait of a Village (first edition 1937) Illustrated with wood engravings by Hassell; Marching on Tanga (first thus) 1938 Collins Colour plates; In South Africa (first edition 1952) colour plates. Biography: Francis Brett Young, A Biography by Jessica Brett Young. Forward by C. P. Snow (first edition 1962); Francis Brett Young by Michael Hall (first edition 1997); The Francis Brett Young Society Journals numbers 36 (Dec 1996) and 40 (Dec 1998); Letter from Francis Brett Young to nephew Bob Dolboy re ‘Jim Redlake’. Severn Edition Heinemann editions: The Young Physician (reprint 1935); The Tragic Bride (first edition thus 1934); 2 copies of The Black Diamond (reprint 1947) one with dust jacket; The Red Knight Second copy (reprint 1954); Portrait of Clare (reprint 1933); My Brother Jonathan (reprint 1936); Black Roses (first edition, 1929); The House Under the Water (third edition 1932) ; White Ladies (reprint 1940), with dust-jacket; Dr Bradley Remembers (first edition thus 1940); Wistanslow (part of 3 novels) (1st edition 1956). First editions and later. Coloured cloth, some with illustrations or decoration to front boards, Severn editions have a map of the Severn to endpapers. , 17 x 11 cm to 30 x 22 cm One book has a torn spine, most spines and corners are rubbed, some boards are damp marked, one has split joints and library labels, most have foxing to block edges and occasionally to pages, the Michael Hall biography is in near fine condition, others are in fair to very good condition. Dustwrapper to Michael Hall biography is near fine, 6 others have dustwrappers that are edge worn with some tears or split joints, fair to good condition. …
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- Title
- Complete Collection of Francis Brett Young's Works and Biographies. Includes a letter from the author [47 items]
- Author
- Young, Francis Brett; Young, Jessica Brett; Hall, Michael
- Publisher
- Published by Heinemann, Collins, Cassell, Francis Brett Young Society, Seren 1922-1997, London and Bridgend
- Publication year
- 1922
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1854112082
- ISBN 13
- 9781854112088
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Hassell and Kay Ambrose
- Seller catalogs
- biography, fiction, poetry
Francis Brett Young (1884-1954) was one of the most prolific and successful authors of his era. His thirty novels and four collections of stories were published in more than two hundred editions and eleven languages, and were adapted for film and radio.
At his peak Brett Young's novels sold half a million copies and he was the preferred author of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. In addition there were three volumes of poetry (one selling almost thirty thousand copies in ten weeks), three non-fiction books and three published plays, with many others also performed.
Today, the name and work of Francis Brett Young are on the verge of obscurity. His novels, influenced by Scott, Dickens, Hardy and Bennett, are out of print and his poetry is seldom anthologised. In this welcome study, Michael Hall tells the story of Brett Young's life and career. A doctor and soldier who became a bestselling - and prize-winning - novelist, his rise and fall are also a commentary on literary fashion and the decline of the Empire, which brought with it changes in thought and taste.
Retired Deputy Head Teacher Michael Hall is Vice Chairman of the Francis Brett Young Society and a native of Brett Young's Hales Owen.
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