Books by Frank Swinnerton: Authors I Never Met
Frederick Books, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London, 1956. First edition.
Hardback. Red cloth boards in very good condition, with gilt titles to front and spine.
Swinnerton was one of the foremost writers, critics, reviewers and essayists of his day. His conversational sketches of authors known only to him by their works are fascinating little sketches. He focuses on: Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Norman Douglas, George Saintsbury and D. H. Lawrence.