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W[illiam] A[ubrey] [Cecil] Darlington
William Darlington (1890-1979) was an author and journalist who was drama critic of The Daily Telegraph. His most famous novel was Alf's Button, about a soldier with a button that summoned a genie to grant him wishes. It was made into films and a play.
This is a description of the Popular edition of this title. The first edition has not been seen but is probably larger, but with the jacket design by Blampied.
Popular edition
Bibliography code: JEN-22.2
Publisher: Herbert Jenkins
Series: none
Year: [1922]
Format: 16mo in two gatherings of 4 and 12 leaves
Pages: 312
Binding: green cloth with title in black at top; by W.A. Darlington author of Alf's Button; and design in black of man losing top hat being chase by a large cockroach; title, same text and publisher at base on spine
Size: 178 x 134 mm
Dust jacket: signed Blam, lower right over the fold-in
Internal illustrations: none
Price: 7 shillings 6 pence
Printing history: Popular edition.
Printed by: Athenaeum Printing Works, Redhill, Surrey
Notes: The fact that the signature is over the fold-in suggests that it was present on the dust jacket of the larger first edition, for which it was designed. The jacket shown above is for a later, popular edition.
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Cover of Popular edition (click to enlarge)