23 & 7 pp respectively, including title sheet for each essay, written on rectos only. Numerous holograph corrections throughout.
1927 · Cranleigh, [Surrey]
by Swinnerton, Frank Arthur
Cranleigh, [Surrey], 1927. 23 & 7 pp respectively, including title sheet for each essay, written on rectos only. Numerous holograph corrections throughout. Small 4to. Ruled paper, bound together with string at upper left; folds, faint scattered staining. 23 & 7 pp respectively, including title sheet for each essay, written on rectos only. Numerous holograph corrections throughout. Small 4to. A pair of extensively corrected manuscripts by the prolific Swinnerton (1884-1982). "The Chocolate-Seller of Knightsbridge" is a story about a young London woman and a chocolate-seller brought together by a failed purse-snatching. It was published in the November 1927 issue of Woman's Home Companion. The second piece is an essay on the subject of "Gossip": "Malice, also, has no part in true gossip. It can be allowed, perhaps, as a very occasional luxury, a sort of caviare in the homes of the middle-class Englishman ... Malice rises from envy, and true gossip must be good-natured and good-humoured. It should make everybody laugh....
(Inventory #: 308371)