Smith, Logan Pearsall; Connolly, Cyril

Saved from the Salvage, With a Memoir of the Author by Cyril Connolly

Edinburgh: Privately Printed at the Tragara Press, 1982.

Softcover. Near fine. 7 x 10.25 inches, 22 pp, with two illustrations, in original plum wrappers. Slight fading; near fine. Number 56 of 110 copies issued. Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic and an authority on correct English usage. Connolly's first job, in 1925, was as his secretary. This collection consists of various snippets of Smith's writing that he salvaged from his own papers when collecting waste paper for the war effort in the 1940s.

Item #22156

Price: $60.00