1910-1919
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Daisy's Aunt, published by Nelson in the New Novel series in 1910, frontis as shown by unknown artist. Dark green binding gold lettering to spine on white panel. Published as 'The Fascinating Mrs Halton' by Doubleday, Page & Co New York.
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The Osbornes, published by Smith Elder in 1910.
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Account Rendered, published by Heinemann in 1911 and in America by Doubleday Page & Co. in the same year.
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Juggernaut, published by Heinemann in 1911. The book was first published in the USA by Doubleday in 1910 under the title 'Margery'. The dust jacket shown is from this edition.
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Bensoniana (Humphreys 1912), Two title-pages, the first shown above (reproduced on dust jacket). The second has title in red lettering, author and publisher in black. Illustrated with five small engraved sepia-toned plates in the classical style, depicting mainly pastoral scenes. The charming end-plate, with the signatures of the eighteenth-century artists C. P. Marilllier, and E de Ghendt, depicts a bird on a branch suspending a basket of flowers. Also issued in Vellum calf and half leather with gold lettering to spine (as shown). The book is a collection of amusing and clever quotations from various books by Benson.
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THOUGHTS FROM E F BENSON, Selected by Elise E Morton (Harrap 1913). This is the second book of quotations from Benson, published perhaps on the strength of the popularity of the one above. Some wonderful observations; "It matters very little what people look like if only they behave as if they were Venuses." and "Almost everyone who is nice is nice because the nonsense has not been knocked out of him. People without heaps of nonsense are merely prigs." There was a second volume complied by H B Elliott in 1916, see below.
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The Weaker Vessel, published by Heinemanns in 1913
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Thorley Wier, Published by Smith, Elder & Co in 1913, pale blue cloth with dark blue titles on spine and front cover, also seen with green binding as shown.
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Arundel published by T Fisher Unwin in 1914. Green cloth with lettering to upper cover stamped in blind, design to front and gold lettering to spine (as shown). Dust jacket as above.
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Dodo the Second published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1914 - Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine, black stamped titles to Front. (First published as Dodo's Daughter by Century in the USA in 1913). It first appeared as a serial in The Ladies Field begining March 1913.
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The Oakleyites published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1915, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine, black stamped titles to Front.
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David Blaize published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1916, 'for the first time love between two boys has been described openly and tenderly' (Palmer & Lloyd 1988). On the 1st edition the date in roman numerals is shown on the title page. The first dust Jacket shown is from an American edition, he second from a reprint edition.
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Mike, published by Cassell in 1916, green dark cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and with lettering to upper cover stamped in blind, as shown. (published as Michael in the USA).
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An Autumn Sowing, published by Collins in 1917, Red cloth boards. Black lettering to spine. The cover shown is from a later edition.
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Mr. Teddy, published by T Fisher Unwin in 1917, brown cloth with dark brown title lettering to spine and upper cover. (Published as The Tortoise in the USA)
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David Blaize and the Blue Door, Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1918 (undated), illustrated in black & white by H J Ford. An attempt to write in the style of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' perhaps.
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Up and Down published by Hutchinson in 1918, textured dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in black plus 16pp publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1918. The book shown is the 5th edition.
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Across the Stream published by John Murray in 1919.
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Robin Linnet, published by Hutchinson in 1919, Red cloth lettered and bordered in blind on spine and bordered in blind on upper board. as shown.
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