VACHELL, Horace Annesley. The Old Guard Surrenders. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1934. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in black on white to the spine, in the marvellous dust jacket designed by Bip Pares. A very good copy. The cloth clean and bright, very gently rubbed at spine titles. The binding tight and square, the contents mostly fine, some light foxing to the top edge, trivial offsetting to endpapers, else fine. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine, with several small closed tears around the spine tips and corners, and slightly larger closed tear to top edge rear panel. A sharp copy.
One of the prolific author’s later novels, sub-titled rather prolixly ‘which sets forth the simple adventures and misadventures of youth constrained to consider age, and the repercussions on age, outwardly crabbed, but not too indurated of heart’. In Vachell’s 1934, society is a battleground played out by the old guard, of late Victorian and Edwardian stock, refrained in philosophy and stubborn in ideals, matched up against modern youth, revolutionary of mind and naturally destined to overcome their forebears. Bip Pares’ dust jacket effortlessly captures this, the profile of our young heroine, Doria, aside the fading, ageing shadow. Reprinted several times, this first edition quite uncommon.
VACHELL, Horace Annesley. The Old Guard Surrenders. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1934. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in black on white to the spine, in the marvellous dust jacket designed by Bip Pares. A very good copy. The cloth clean and bright, very gently rubbed at spine titles. The binding tight and square, the contents mostly fine, some light foxing to the top edge, trivial offsetting to endpapers, else fine. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine, with several small closed tears around the spine tips and corners, and slightly larger closed tear to top edge rear panel. A sharp copy.
One of the prolific author’s later novels, sub-titled rather prolixly ‘which sets forth the simple adventures and misadventures of youth constrained to consider age, and the repercussions on age, outwardly crabbed, but not too indurated of heart’. In Vachell’s 1934, society is a battleground played out by the old guard, of late Victorian and Edwardian stock, refrained in philosophy and stubborn in ideals, matched up against modern youth, revolutionary of mind and naturally destined to overcome their forebears. Bip Pares’ dust jacket effortlessly captures this, the profile of our young heroine, Doria, aside the fading, ageing shadow. Reprinted several times, this first edition quite uncommon.
